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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of asthma patients under general physician and pneumologist care in Germany

From: Prevalence of overuse of short-acting beta-2 agonists (SABA) and associated factors among patients with asthma in Germany

Variable

GPs

PNs

N

13,030

2610

GINA classes

 GINA 1

5426 (42)

99 (4)

 GINA 2

841 (6)

165 (6)

 GINA 3

4012 (31)

1065 (41)

 GINA 4

2410 (18)

1064 (41)

 GINA 5

341 (3)

217 (8)

Age (years)

 Mean (SD)

49 (18)

56 (16)

 12 to < 18

244 (2)

29 (1)

 18 to 65 years

10,330 (77)

1780 (68)

 > 65 years

2456 (19)

801 (31)

Sex

 Female

7665 (59)

1770 (68)

 Male

5364 (41)

840 (32)

ICS/LABA prescriptions

 Yes

7227 (55)

2461 (94)

 No

5803 (45)

149 (6)

  1. GINA Global Initiative for Asthma, GP general practitioner, ICS inhaled corticosteroid, LABA long-acting beta agonist, PN pneumologist, SD standard deviation
  2. Data are presented as n (%) unless stated otherwise