Table 6 The impact of smoking cessation on short- and long-term prognosis in early or late smoking COPD patients (after adjusting smoking index)
From: Early smoking lead to worse prognosis of COPD patients: a real world study
Variables | Early smoking (n = 104) | Late smoking (n = 104) | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
Number of mild AEs one year after discharge, times | 0(0,0) | 0(0,0) | 0.998 |
Number of AECOPDs one year after discharge, times | 1(0,1) | 1(0,2) | 0.416 |
Incidence of death within one year after discharge(%) | 12.5 | 6.7 | 0.158 |
Incidence of death within 3 years after discharge(%) | 24.0 | 14.4 | 0.079 |
Incidence of death within long term after discharge(%) | 32.7 | 17.3 | 0.010 |