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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study patients according to status of coronary artery disease and sex

From: Clinical and economic burden of comorbid coronary artery disease in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: sex differences in a nationwide cohort study

Variables

CAD (n = 664)

No CAD (n = 3242)

P-value

Men

Women

CAD (n = 500)

No CAD (n = 2564)

P-value

CAD (n = 164)

No CAD (n = 678)

P-value

Age (years)

73.0 (13.0)

68.0 (13.0)

< 0.001

73.0 (13.0)

68.0 (13.0)

< 0.001

73.0 (13.0)

69.0 (13.0)

< 0.001

Body-mass index (kg/m2)

22.7 (5.2)

21.8 (4.7)

< 0.001

22.7 (4.9)

21.7 (4.7)

< 0.001

22.6 (6.3)

22.2 (5.5)

0.079

Smoking status

 Non-smoker

233 (35.1%)

991 (30.6%)

< 0.001

108 (21.6%)

462 (18.0%)

< 0.001

125 (76.2%)

529 (78.0%)

0.803

 Ex-smoker

296 (44.6%)

1360 (41.9%)

277 (55.4%)

1281 (50.0%)

19 (11.6%)

79 (11.7%)

 Current smoker

135 (20.3%)

891 (27.5%)

115 (23.0%)

821 (32.0%)

20 (12.2%)

70 (10.3%)

Hospital admissions in the previous year

 < 2

492 (74.1%)

2460 (75.9%)

0.346

358 (71.6%)

1907 (74.4%)

0.201

134 (81.7%)

553 (81.6%)

1.000

 ≥ 2

172 (25.9%)

782 (24.1%)

142 (28.4%)

657 (25.6%)

30 (18.3%)

125 (18.4%)

Emergency visits in the previous year

 < 2

529 (79.7%)

2508 (77.4%)

0.201

388 (77.6%)

1953 (76.2%)

0.527

141 (86.0%)

555 (81.9%)

0.250

 ≥ 2

135 (20.3%)

734 (22.6%)

112 (22.4%)

611 (23.8%)

23 (14.0%)

123 (18.1%)

Symptoms

 Increased cough

421 (63.4%)

1916 (59.1%)

0.041

318 (63.6%)

1500 (58.5%)

0.037

103 (62.8%)

416 (61.4%)

0.789

 Increased sputum volume

271 (40.8%)

1297 (40.0%)

0.728

209 (41.8%)

1023 (39.9%)

0.455

62 (37.8%)

274 (40.4%)

0.594

 Wheezing

574 (86.4%)

2711 (83.6%)

0.071

427 (85.4%)

2133 (83.2%)

0.236

147 (89.6%)

578 (85.3%)

0.167

 mMRC

3.0 (1.0)

3.0 (1.0)

0.020

3.0 (1.0)

3.0 (1.0)

0.071

3.0 (1.0)

3.0 (1.0)

0.107

 CAT

20.0 (10.0)

19.0 (9.0)

0.045

20.0 (11.0)

19.0 (9.0)

0.096

20.0 (8.0)

19.0 (9.0)

0.283

 Post-bronchodilator FEV1% predicted

43.2 (24.7)

41.8 (26.9)

0.368

41.4 (23.9)

40.3 (25.6)

0.202

45.8 (24.1)

49.4 (27.8)

0.233

 Post-bronchodilator FEV1/FVC (%)

52.0 (16.0)

50.0 (17.0)

0.002

50.0 (16.0)

48.0 (16.0)

0.023

56.0 (16.0)

55.0 (16.0)

0.147

Comorbidity

 Respiratory disease

  Asthma

56 (8.4%)

299 (9.2%)

0.554

40 (8.0%)

216 (8.4%)

0.792

16 (9.8%)

83 (12.2%)

0.420

  Bronchiectasis

80 (12.0%)

403 (12.4%)

0.796

56 (11.2%)

296 (11.5%)

0.878

24 (14.6%)

107 (15.8%)

0.722

  Lung cancer

4 (0.6%)

48 (1.5%)

0.092

3 (0.6%)

42 (1.6%)

0.101

1 (0.6%)

6 (0.9%)

1.000

  Pulmonary artery hypertension

62 (9.3%)

280 (8.6%)

0.598

43 (8.6%)

232 (9.0%)

0.798

19 (11.6%)

48 (7.1%)

0.075

  SAS

7 (1.1%)

39 (1.2%)

0.846

7 (1.4%)

34 (1.3%)

1.000

0 (0.0%)

5 (0.7%)

0.589

  Pneumonia

201 (30.3%)

1004 (31.0%)

0.747

153 (30.6%)

779 (30.4%)

0.958

48 (29.3%)

225 (33.2%)

0.354

 Cardiovascular disease

  Hypertension

316 (47.6%)

993 (30.6%)

< 0.001

235 (47.0%)

772 (30.1%)

< 0.001

81 (49.4%)

221 (32.6%)

< 0.001

  Heart failure

72 (10.8%)

118 (3.6%)

< 0.001

53 (10.6%)

91 (3.5%)

< 0.001

19 (11.6%)

27 (4.0%)

< 0.001

  Arrhythmia

88 (13.3%)

152 (4.7%)

< 0.001

68 (13.6%)

130 (5.1%)

< 0.001

20 (12.2%)

22 (3.2%)

< 0.001

 Digestive disease

  Gastroesophageal reflux disease

18 (2.7%)

58 (1.8%)

0.123

14 (2.8%)

48 (1.9%)

0.222

4 (2.4%)

10 (1.5%)

0.492

  Peptic ulcer

15 (2.3%)

57 (1.8%)

0.427

10 (2.0%)

52 (2.0%)

1.000

5 (3.0%)

5 (0.7%)

0.029

  Chronic gastritis

38 (5.7%)

133 (4.1%)

0.076

29 (5.8%)

105 (4.1%)

0.094

9 (5.5%)

28 (4.1%)

0.523

  Cerebrovascular disease

77 (11.6%)

194 (6.0%)

< 0.001

64 (12.8%)

154 (6.0%)

< 0.001

13 (7.9%)

40 (5.9%)

0.369

 Endocrine and metabolic disease

  Diabetes

110 (16.6%)

296 (9.1%)

< 0.001

86 (17.2%)

237 (9.2%)

< 0.001

24 (14.6%)

59 (8.7%)

0.028

  Osteoporosis

6 (0.9%)

36 (1.1%)

0.690

6 (1.2%)

24 (0.9%)

0.617

0 (0.0%)

12 (1.8%)

0.137

  Other malignant tumors

12 (1.8%)

54 (1.7%)

0.869

10 (2.0%)

47 (1.8%)

0.856

2 (1.2%)

7 (1.0%)

0.690

Pre-admission non-drug therapy

 Pulmonary rehabilitation

70 (10.5%)

312 (9.6%)

0.473

53 (10.6%)

247 (9.6%)

0.511

17 (10.4%)

65 (9.6%)

0.769

 Home oxygen therapy

82 (12.3%)

457 (14.1%)

0.241

71 (14.2%)

374 (14.6%)

0.836

11 (6.7%)

83 (12.2%)

0.052

 Noninvasive ventilation

10 (1.5%)

38 (1.2%)

0.561

8 (1.6%)

31 (1.2%)

0.511

2 (1.2%)

7 (1.0%)

0.690

Pre-admission medication

 LAMA

227 (34.2%)

1103 (34.0%)

0.964

197 (39.4%)

914 (35.6%)

0.115

30 (18.3%)

189 (27.9%)

0.013

 LABA

211 (31.8%)

1035 (31.9%)

0.964

183 (36.6%)

850 (33.2%)

0.148

28 (17.1%)

185 (27.3%)

0.009

 ICS

229 (34.5%)

1090 (33.6%)

0.685

191 (38.2%)

895 (34.9%)

0.168

38 (23.2%)

195 (28.8%)

0.173

 OCS

9 (1.4%)

102 (3.1%)

0.014

9 (1.8%)

84 (3.3%)

0.087

0 (0.0%)

18 (2.7%)

0.032

  1. Data are presented as n (%) or median (IQR)
  2. CAD coronary artery disease, mMRC modified Medical Research Council, CAT COPD Assessment Test, FEV1 forced expiratory volume in 1 s, FVC forced vital capacity, SAS sleep apnea syndrome, LAMA long-acting muscarinic receptor antagonist, LABA long-acting beta-adrenoceptor agonist, ICS inhaled corticosteroids, OCS oral corticosteroids