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Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: High eosinophil blood counts are associated with a shorter length of hospital stay in exacerbated COPD patients – a retrospective analysis

 

All

< 100 [eos/μl]

100–300 [eos/μl]

> 300 [eos/μl]

< 2 [%]

≥2 [%]

N

417

219

129

69

276

141

Age [years]

74.0 (65.0–83.0)

73.0 (63.0–83.0)

73.0 (65.0–81.0)

76.0 (67.0–83.0)

72.0 (64.0–82.0)

76.0 (67.0–83.0)

Male sex [%]

63.3

60.3

67.4.

65.2

61.2

67.4

Packyears

40.0 (30.0–59.0)

40.0 (22.0–50.0)

40.0 (30.0–50.0)

45.0 (30.0–60.0)

40.0 (25.0–50.0)

40.0 (30.0–60.0)

FEV1[l]

1.03 (0.74–1.44)

0.98 (0.71–1.30)

1.06 (0.74–1.50)

1.10 (0.81–1.54)

1.00 (0.71–1.33)

1.11 (0.78–1.50)

FEV1 [pred. %]

42.6 (30.6–54.8)

38.3 (29.5–51.9)

45.3 (30.8–58.2)

42.6 (34.4–58.8)

41.8 (29.1–53.0)

42.6 (33.9–57.6)

FEV1/VC

46.0 (37.1–57.2)

45.2 (35.6–54.5)

44.4 (36.4–62.3)

50.7 (41.4–55.5)

44.8 (35.5–56.0)

47.5 (38.5–58.5)

  1. Displays the baseline characteristics depending on the blood eosinophils on the day of admission. Continuous parameters are expressed as Median and (IQR). Mann-Whitney test was used for two groups comparisons, Kruskal-Wallis test with Dunn’s test for three groups comparisons. No significant differences were detected between the groups.