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Table 1 Characteristics of Wave 1 participants with valid data on COPDa status (N = 13,752)

From: Association of tobacco product use with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) prevalence and incidence in Waves 1 through 5 (2013–2019) of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study

Sociodemographics, Tobacco Use, and Medical History

Adults age 40 and above (N = 13,752)

Adults with self-reported doctor or other health professional diagnosis of COPDa

(N = 1506)

Adults without self-reported doctor or other health professional diagnosis of COPDa

(N = 12,246)

Nb

Weighted %/Mean

SE

Nb

Weighted %/Mean

SE

Nb

Weighted %/Mean

SE

Sociodemographics

 Age in years, mean

13,752

58.1

0.1

1506

63.1

0.5

12,246

57.7

0.1

 Sex, N (%) male

6943

47.2%

0.2

627

41.2%

1.7

6316

47.7%

0.3

 Race, N (%) non-Hispanic white

9306

71.4%

0.3

1128

79.6%

1.2

8178

70.7%

0.4

 Hispanic ethnicity, N (%)

1629

11.4%

0.3

98

6.9%

0.8

1531

11.8%

0.3

 Less than high school education, N (%)

2963

17.4%

0.1

492

31.1%

1.8

2471

16.3%

0.2

 Live in urban area, N (%)

10,157

75.5%

1.8

1029

69.3%

2.8

9128

76.0%

1.7

Tobacco use

 Ever (100+) cigarette smoker, N (%)

7952

41.1%

0.7

1207

70.2%

1.7

6745

38.7%

0.7

 Pack-yearsc, mean

10,861

14.2

0.3

1394

29.4

0.8

9467

12.6

0.3

Any past 30 day tobacco use categories

P30D cigarette use, N (%)

5983

18.3%

0.3

1043

40.5%

1.4

4940

16.5%

0.3

P30D cigar use, N (%)

1265

4.4%

0.1

168

7.1%

0.6

1097

4.2%

0.1

 P30D traditional cigar use, N (%)

756

2.6%

0.1

78

3.0%

0.3

678

2.5%

0.1

 P30D cigarillo use, N (%)

586

2.0%

0.1

74

3.1%

0.4

512

1.9%

0.1

 P30 filtered cigar use, N (%)

403

1.3%

0.1

94

3.9%

0.5

309

1.1%

0.1

P30D hookah use, N (%)

95

0.3%

0.0

14

0.5%

0.1

81

0.3%

0.0

P30D e-cigarette use, N (%)

1393

4.1%

0.1

265

9.8%

0.7

1128

3.7%

0.1

P30D smokeless/snus use, N (%)

746

2.4%

0.1

49

2.1%

0.4

697

2.5%

0.1

Mutually exclusive P30D tobacco use categoriesd

Never use (Never or former experimental tobacco)

3817

51.7%

0.7

120

21.4%

1.9

3697

54.2%

0.7

Former tobacco use

2173

25.2%

0.6

225

33.5%

1.9

1948

24.5%

0.6

Exclusive cigarette use

3773

12.5%

0.3

634

27.4%

1.3

3139

11.3%

0.3

Exclusive e-cigarette use

198

0.6%

0.0

26

1.0%

0.2

172

0.6%

0.0

Exclusive cigar use

391

1.6%

0.1

18

1.0%

0.2

373

1.7%

0.1

Exclusive smokeless/snus use

482

1.7%

0.1

27

1.3%

0.4

455

1.8%

0.1

Exclusive P30D cigarette and e-cigarette use

852

2.7%

0.1

166

6.7%

0.6

686

2.4%

0.1

Polycombusted tobacco use

619

2.0%

0.1

113

4.6%

0.5

506

1.8%

0.1

Polycombusted and noncombusted use

461

1.5%

0.1

70

3.0%

0.3

391

1.3%

0.1

Medical history (self-reported)

 Total COPDa diagnosis, N (%)

1506

7.7%

0.3

1506

100.0%

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

  COPDe diagnosis, N (%)

939

4.6%

0.2

939

60.1%

1.8

N/A

N/A

N/A

  Chronic bronchitis diagnosis, N (%)

762

3.9%

0.2

762

50.6%

1.8

N/A

N/A

N/A

  Emphysema diagnosis, N (%)

456

2.0%

0.1

456

26.5%

1.4

N/A

N/A

N/A

 BMI, kg/m2, mean

13,465

28.4

0.1

1477

29.7

0.3

11,988

28.3

0.1

 Comorbidity index,f mean

13,383

1.5

0.0

1466

2.6

0.1

11,917

1.4

0.0

  1. aCOPD: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, defined as self-report of emphysema, chronic bronchitis, or COPD
  2. bUnweighted
  3. cIn this table, mean pack-years is only calculated among ever users of cigarettes
  4. dData are not presented for exclusive hookah, exclusive pipe, and dual e-cigarette + smokeless/snus users due to small sample size. Never tobacco user category includes former experimental (e.g., lifetime use of < 100 cigarettes or never used other products fairly regularly) users; former established user category includes all established users (e.g., lifetime use of more than 100 cigarettes or ever used other products fairly regularly) who did not use any tobacco products in the past 30 days
  5. eCOPD only, not including emphysema or chronic bronchitis
  6. fComorbidity index (range 0–9) is made up of self-reported ever-diagnosis of coronary heart disease, diabetes, congestive heart failure, stroke, osteoarthritis, hypertension, high cholesterol, stomach ulcers, and Wave 1 obesity based on BMI ≥ 30