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Table 1 Clinical and demographic characteristics

From: The socioeconomic burden of chronic lung disease in low-resource settings across the globe – an observational FRESH AIR study

 

Uganda

N = 173 (16.6%)

Vietnam

N = 471 (45.3%)

Kyrgyzstan

N = 306 (29.4%)

Greece

N = 90 (8.7%)

Total

N = 1040 (100%)

Demographic characteristics

 Male

39 (22.5)

274 (58.2)

188 (61.4)

55 (61.1)

556 (53.3)

 Age (yrs.), median [IQR]

35.0 [22.5–47.0]

62.0 [52.0–72.0]

62.0 [55.0–70.0]

72.0 [63.8–79.0]

60.0 [48.0–70.0]

 BMI (kg/m2), median [IQR]

23.8 [20.4–28.3]

21.9 [19.5–24.4]

25.8 [23.7–29.4]

28.0 [24.7–31.5]

23.9 [20.8–27.3]

 Higher educationa

46 (26.7)

156 (33.1)

291 (95.1)

4 (4.4)

497 (47.8)

 Working status

  Working

93 (53.8)

193 (41.1)

92 (30.1)

23 (25.6)

401 (38.6)

   Employed (for payment)

81 (87.1)

134 (69.4)

40 (43.5)

15 (65.2)

270 (67.3)

  Not working

41 (23.7)

153 (32.6)

34 (11.1)

13 (14.4)

241 (23.2)

  Student

36 (20.0)

5 (1.1)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

41 (3.9)

  Retired

3 (1.7)

119 (25.3)

180 (58.8)

54 (60.0)

356 (34.2)

 Having child (ren)

117 (67.6)

417 (88.5)

302 (98.7)

79 (87.8)

915 (88.0)

 Ever smoker

6 (3.5)

251 (53.3)

138 (45.1)

62 (68.9)

457 (43.9)

  Pack years, median [IQR]

3.8 [2.0–19.9]

29.0 [15.5–44.0]

27.0 [14.2–40.8]

57.0 [26.1–74.0]

30.0 [15.1–45.0]

  Male

4 (66.7)

234 (93.2)

134 (97.1)

47 (75.8)

419 (91.7)

  Current smoker

6 (100.0)

92 (36.7)

37 (26.8)

40 (64.5)

175 (38.3)

 Solid fuel use

170 (98.8)

130 (27.6)

218 (71.5)

44 (49.4)

562 (54.0)

 Occupational exposureb

87 (93.5)

104 (53.9)

37 (40.2)

10 (43.5)

238 (59.4)

Health characteristics

 Diagnosed as:

 COPD

11 (6.4)

190 (40.3)

305 (99.7)

67 (74.4)

573 (55.1)

 Asthma

161 (93.1)

223 (47.3)

0 (0.0)

16 (17.8)

400 (38.5)

 ACO

1 (0.6)

58 (12.3)

1 (0.3)

7 (7.8)

67 (6.4)

 Breathlessness severity (MRC-scale), median [IQR]

2.0 [1.0–2.0]

3.0 [2.0–4.0]

4.0 [3.0–4.0]

2.0 [2.0–4.0]

3.0 [2.0–4.0]

 Exacerbation(s) in past year

0 (0.0)

102 (21.7)

35 (11.4)

9 (10.0)

146 (14.0)

 Comorbidity (any)

27 (15.6)

228 (48.4)

62 (20.3)

44 (48.9)

361 (34.7)

  1. Data are in numbers (%) unless stated otherwise. ACO asthma-COPD overlap, BMI body mass index, IQR interquartile range, MRC medical research council. Text in italics means category within category above. a Above secondary education. bRegards only those working. Missing values N (%) for BMI 6 (0.6) in G; education 1 (0.1) in U; working status 1 (0.1) in V; pack years 13 (1.2) 1 in G, 2 in V, 10 in K; solid fuel use 3 (0.3) 1 in U, K, and G; MRC-score 1 (0.1) in U; exacerbation 1 (0.1) in G
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