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Table 1 Demographic and baseline characteristics by study (budesonide/formoterol 160/4.5 μg and formoterol 4.5 μg arms only)

From: Reduced risk of clinically important deteriorations by ICS in COPD is eosinophil dependent: a pooled post-hoc analysis

Characteristic

SUN (n = 989)

SHINE (n = 561)

US3 (n = 807)

RISE (n = 1219)

Age, years

63.0 (40–88)

63.3 (41–89)

63.1 (40–87)

63.5 (40–87)

Male, n (%)

631 (63.8)

374 (66.7)

490 (60.7)

698 (57.3)

Female, n (%)

358 (36.2)

187 (33.3)

317 (39.3)

521 (42.7)

Race, n (%)

 White

914 (92.4)

523 (93.2)

667 (82.8)

1119 (91.8)

 Black

23 (2.3)

20 (3.6)

33 (4.1)

39 (3.2)

 Asian

5 (0.5)

2 (0.4)

10 (1.2)

17 (1.4)

 Other

47 (4.8)

16 (2.9)

96 (11.9)

44 (3.6)

Former smoker, n (%)

573 (57.9)

319 (56.9)

516 (63.9)

655 (53.7)

Current smoker, n (%)

416 (42.1)

242 (43.1)

291 (36.1)

564 (46.3)

No. exacerbations in previous year

1.8 (1–13)

1.6 (0–8)

1.7 (1–12)

1.4 (1–7)

Post-FEV1, L

1.18 (0.35–3.26)

1.20 (0.30–3.29)

1.11 (0.34–2.96)

1.38 (0.34–3.6)

Post-FEV1, % predicted

38.9 (13–92)

39.3 (10–103)

37.7 (12–77)

48.7 (16–78)

FEV1/FVC ratio

0.49 (0.20–0.85)

0.48 (0.20–0.82)

0.47 (0.16–1.00)

0.49 (0.19–0.75)

Eosinophils, ×109/L, geometric mean (range)

0.18 (0.01–1.47)

0.18 (0.01–1.01)

0.13 (0.01–2.51)

N/Aa

SGRQ total score

54.9 (7–100)

54.9 (14–100)

57.5 (6–99)

46.7 (0–97)

  1. Data presented as mean (range) unless otherwise stated
  2. aLaboratory data was not assessed in RISE; therefore, no baseline data are available for eosinophils
  3. FEV1 Forced expiratory volume in 1 s, FVC Forced vital capacity, N/A Not applicable, SGRQ St George’s Respiratory Questionnaire
  4. For full baseline characteristics, see Additional file 1: Table S2