Table 4 GOLD severity stage (2014) classification across all visits
From: The effect of changes to GOLD severity stage on long term morbidity and mortality in COPD
GOLD category | First visit (i.e. 1 per patient) | All visits (up to 12 per patient) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
n (visits) | % | n (visits) | % | |
A | 2420 | 49.5 | 9741 | 45.6 |
B | 1268 | 26.0 | 5344 | 25.0 |
C | 476 | 9.7 | 2194 | 10.3 |
D | 721 | 14.8 | 4069 | 19.0 |