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Table 1 Distribution of study treatment groups and patients across treatment categories

From: Rescue medication use as a patient-reported outcome in COPD: a systematic review and regression analysis

Treatment categories

Treatment groups

Patients

N

%

N

%

ICS

3

2.07

626

1.35

LABA

51

35.17

16,059

34.51

LABA + ICS

27

18.62

9282

19.95

LABA + LAMA

17

11.72

5842

12.56

LAMA

20

13.79

8618

18.52

Other

3

2.07

299

0.64

Placebo

24

16.55

5805

12.48

Total

145

100

46,531

100

  1. Abbreviations: ICS inhaled corticosteroid, LABA long-acting β2-agonist, LAMA long-acting muscarinic antagonist