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Table 1 Patients demographics and clinical variables

From: Does pulmonary subspecialty referral from primary care affect the adherence to vaccination recommendations in COPD patients?

 

No pulmonary clinic visit in prior 3 years (n = 122)

Pulmonary clinic visit in prior 3 years (n = 78)

p value

Age in years (mean ± SD)

70.5 ± 10.8

70.4 ± 10.9

0.9

Age ≥ 65-year-old, n(%)

82 (65.5)

54 (69.2)

0.7

Men, n (%)

56 (45.9)

44 (56.4)

0.2

Smoking status, n (%)

 Never

6 (4.9)

10 (12.8)

0.005

 Former

57 (46.7)

20 (25.6)

 Current

56 (45.9)

46 (58.9)

PFT ever done, n (%)

70 (57.3)

77 (98.7)

< 0.001

Obstructive pattern confirmed on PFT (%)

42 (60.0)

66 (85.7)

< 0.001

FEV1/FVC (mean ± SD)

69.4 ± 11.3

65.1 ± 14.6

0.07

Airflow limitation by FEV1 in those with obstructive pattern, n (%)

 GOLD 1 (mild)

8 (19.0)

7 (10.6)

0.02

 GOLD2 (moderate)

28 (66.6)

30 (45.5)

 GOLD 3 (severe)

5 (11.9)

24 (36.4)

 GOLD 4 (very severe)

1 (2.4)

5 (7.5)

PCV13, n (%)

71/87 (81.6)

57/59 (96.6)

0.009

PPSV23, n (%)

100/118 (84.7)

74/78 (94.8)

0.03

Influenza vaccination 2017, n (%)

77(63.1)

63(80.8)

0.008

Influenza vaccination 2018, n (%)

76(62.8)

62(80.5)

0.008

Influenza vaccination 2019, n (%)

60 (52.2)

53(70.7)

0.01

COPD hospitalization in prior 12 months, n (%)

3 (2.4)

16 (20.5)

< 0.001

Death in 2017–2019, n (%)

8 (6.5)

5 (6.4)

1.0

  1. COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, FEV1 forced expiratory volume in 1 s, FVC forced vital capacity, PFT Pulmonary Function Testing, PCV13 pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, PPSV23 pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine, SD standard deviation