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. 2022 Jun 16;22:235. doi: 10.1186/s12890-022-02030-x

Table 1.

Demographics Characteristics of participants enrolled in the PROMPT study who completed spirometry testing (n = 64) and who also completed oscillometry testing (n = 55)

Characteristic Participants with spirometry
(n = 55)
Participants with spirometry and oscillometry
(n = 64)
Sex (male) 69% 67%
Age (SD) 43.9 (11.0) 44.0 (11.5)
BMI (SD) 25.9 (6.8) 25.8 (6.9)
Education
 College or university completed 6% 7%
 Some college or university 27% 31%
 High school graduate/GED 28% 27%
 Elementary/ grade school or some high school 36% 31%
 None 1.5% 2%
 NA 1.5% 2%
Ethnicity
 Caucasian 78% 73%
 Aboriginal (Metis, Inuit, First Nation) 19% 24%
 Other 3% 3%
Monthly income
 $200–2999 11% 5%
 $1000–1999 43% 44%
 $500–599 33% 36%
 < $499 13% 15%
 NA 0% 0%
Number of cigarettes/day
 < 15 53.8% 38%
 15–25 34.6% 35%
 26–35 9% 13%
 36–40 2.6% 5%
 N/A 0% 9%
Total years tobacco smoking
 < 10 31.3% 18%
 10–20 11.3% 13%
 21–30 28.7% 26%
 31–40 18.7% 25%
 41–50 7.5% 11%
 51–60 2.5% 4%
 N/A 0% 4%
Food insecurity
 Always (100% of the time) 18% 18%
 Most of the time (75–99%) 10% 9%
 Usually (50–75% of the time) 12% 13%
 Sometimes (25–50% of the time) 25% 29%
 Occasionally (< 25% of the time) 15% 13%
 Never 18% 16%
 NA 2% 2%
Self-reported lung disease* 21.9% 23.6%
Can-COLD
Cough (without cold) 64% 62%
 < 2 years 8% 9%
 2–5 years 13% 13%
 < 5 years 31% 29%
Phlegm (without cold) 70% 65%
 < 2 years 17% 16%
 2–5 years 9% 7%
 < 5 years 20% 20%
Wheezing/whistling 72% 67%
Wheezing with cold 33% 33%
Shortness of Breath 39% 35%
Unable to Walk 36% 35%
CAT Score (mean/SD) 25.78 (8.45) 17.16 (8.11)
Cough 4.03 (1.36) 3.00 (1.39)
Phlegm 3.92 (1.46) 2.95 (1.52)
Chest 3.06 (1.62) 1.98 (1.57)
Walk 3.34 (1.85) 2.25 (1.86)
Activities 2.55 (1.60) 1.44 (1.50)
Confident 2.47 (1.83) 1.40 (1.74)
Sleep 3.25 (1.88) 2.07 (1.76)
Energy 3.21 (1.61) 2.11 (1.59)

*Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease, Emphysema and/or Lung Cancer