Table 1.
Characteristics of the cases included
| Argentina (n = 2491) | Brazil (n = 2620) | Chile (n = 3352) | Colombia (n = 2057) | LATAM (n = 10,520) | Spain (n = 18,272) | Turkey (n = 2035) | Total (n = 30,827) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (year) | 55.0 (16.7) | 59.1 (17.0) | 55.7 (19.9) | 68.7 (13.1) | 58.9 (17.9) | 54.5 (18.1) | 56.0 (15.1) | 56.1 (18.0) |
| Smoking habits | ||||||||
| Current smokers | 583 (23.4) | 338 (12.9) | 665 (19.8) | 90 (4.4) | 1676 (15.9) | 4307 (23.6) | 631 (31.0) | 6614 (21.5) |
| Ex-smokers | 1014 (40.7) | 1509 (57.6) | 1143 (34.1) | 931 (45.3) | 4597 (43.7) | 6959 (38.1) | 939 (46.1) | 12,495 (40.5) |
| Never smokers | 894 (35.9) | 773 (29.5) | 1544 (46.1) | 1036 (50.4) | 4247 (40.4) | 7006 (38.3) | 465 (22.9) | 11,719 (38.0) |
| Alpha1 antitrypsin available | 62 (2.5) | 270 (10.3) | 96 (2.9) | 11 (0.5) | 439 (4.2) | 5137 (28.1) | 109 (5.4) | 5685 (18.4) |
| Alpha1 antitrypsin (mg/dl) | 77.1 (49.1) | 95.7 (48.8) | 94.3 (48.0) | 57.8 (57.5) | 91.8 (49.4) | 94.1 (32.0) | 74.6 (55.7) | 93.5 (34.4) |
| FEV1 available | 1834 (73.6) | 1603 (61.2) | 807 (24.1) | 0 (0) | 4244 (40.3) | 10,612 (58.1) | 391 (19.2) | 15,247 (49.5) |
| FEV1 (%) | 60.7 (17.3) | 51.5 (21.5) | 65.4 (22.8) | – | 58.1 (20.8) | 75.6 (23.9) | 53.7 (18.8) | 70.2 (24.4) |
Data expressed as mean (standard deviation) or as absolute (relative) frequencies depending on the nature of the variable