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Table 1 Demographics and baseline characteristics

From: Reduction of exacerbations by the PDE4 inhibitor roflumilast - the importance of defining different subsets of patients with COPD

 

Pooled study population

M2-111

M2-112

Characteristics

Roflumilast

Placebo

Roflumilast

Placebo

Roflumilast

Placebo

No. of patients

1327

1359

567

606

760

753

Age (years)

64.7 (9.2)

64.4 (8.9)

64 (8.7)

64 (8.8)

65 (9.6)

64 (9.1)

Male sex, n (%)

958 (72.2)

974 (71.7)

387 (68.3)

400 (66.0)

571 (75.1)

574 (76.2)

Body mass index, kg/m2

25.7 (5.3)

25.7 (5.4)

26.0 (5.7)

25.8 (5.7)

25.4 (5.0)

25.6 (5.1)

Smoking status

      

   Current smokers, n (%)

529 (40)

530 (39)

240 (42)

265 (44)

289 (38)

265 (35)

   Former smokers, n (%)

798 (60)

829 (61)

327 (58)

341 (56)

471 (62)

488 (65)

   Pack-years (± SD)

46 (25.6)

48 (26.6)

50 (28.2)

51 (26.7)

42 (22.9)

45 (26.2)

Pre-bronchodilator FEV1 (L)

1.0 (0.4)

1.0 (0.3)

0.96 (0.4)

0.93 (0.3)

1.04 (0.4)

1.06 (0.3)

Post-bronchodilator FEV1 (L)

1.13 (0.4)

1.13 (0.4)

1.12 (0.4)

1.09 (0.4)

1.13 (0.4)

1.15 (0.4)

Post-bronchodilator FEV1 (% predicted)

37.1 (10.5)

36.8 (9.9)

36.8 (10.7)

36.1 (9.7)

37.3 (10.3)

37.3 (9.9)

Reversibility:

      

   Change in FEV1 (mL)

126.9 (140.1)

125.8 (149.1)

165.6 (142.8)

160.9 (150.0)

98.1 (130.9)

97.6 (142.4)

   Change in FEV1 (%)

14.6 (16.4)

14.4 (16.4)

19.4 (17.1)

19.1 (17.6)

11.0 (14.8)

10.6 (14.4)

FEV1/FVC (%)

41.8 (11.3)

41.8 (10.7)

43.3 (10.7)

43.1 (10.1)

40.6 (11.5)

40.7 (11.2)

COPD severity, n (%)

      

   Very severe COPD

329 (24.8)

345 (25.4)

148 (26.1)

169 (27.9)

181 (23.8)

176 (23.4)

   Severe COPD

864 (65.1)

909 (66.9)

356 (62.8)

399 (65.8)

508 (66.8)

510 (67.7)

COPD history, n (%)

      

   Emphysema

352 (26.5)

413 (30.4)

193 (34.0)

234 (38.6)

159 (20.9)

179 (23.8)

   Chronic bronchitis ± emphysema

817 (61.6)

847 (62.3)

374 (66.0)

372 (61.4)

443 (58.3)

475 (63.1)

Pre-study medication for COPD, n (%)*

1273 (96)

1291 (95)

537 (95)

557 (92)

736 (97)

734 (98)

   Inhaled short-acting β agonists

729 (55)

734 (54)

315 (56)

333 (55)

414 (55)

401 (53)

   Inhaled corticosteroids

579 (44)

588 (43)

218 (38)

225 (37)

361 (48)

363 (48)

   Inhaled short-acting anticholinergics

549 (41)

570 (42)

189 (33)

192 (32)

360 (47)

378 (50)

   Inhaled long-acting β2-agonists

353 (27)

379 (28)

143 (25)

140 (23)

210 (28)

239 (32)

   Xanthines

320 (24)

316 (23)

113 (20)

118 (20)

207 (27)

198 (26)

   Inhaled combination of β2-agonists and short-acting anticholinergics

323 (24)

314 (23)

168 (30)

174 (29)

155 (20)

140 (19)

   Inhaled combination of corticosteroids and long-acting β2-agonists

260 (20)

263 (19)

131 (23)

139 (23)

129 (17)

124 (17)

Concomitant short-acting anticholinergics, n (%)

786 (59)

818 (60)

334 (59)

350 (58)

452 (60)

468 (62)

Concomitant inhaled corticosteroids, n (%)

809 (61)

813 (60)

328 (58)

332 (55)

481 (63)

481 (64)

  1. Data are expressed as mean (SD), unless otherwise stated.
  2. * Patients could have received more than one of these medications.