Table 1 |
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| Demographics and smoking history: adults ≥45 years, with and without physician-diagnosed COPD: NHANES 1999–2008 | ||
| Demographic Variables | Without COPD | With COPD |
| (n = 14,828)a | (n = 995)b | |
| Age, mean yr (95% CI) | 60.0 (59.6–60.3) | 62.7 (61.7–63.8) |
| Gender | ||
| Male % (95% CI) | 47.0 (46.2–47.9) | 39.9 (36.0–44.0) |
| Female, % (95% CI) | 53.0 (52.1–53.8) | 60.1 (56.0–64.0) |
| Race | ||
| White, % (95% CI) | 76.4 (73.5–79.1) | 84.6 (81.4–87.4) |
| Black, % (95% CI) | 10.0 (8.5–11.8) | 6.8 (5.1–8.9) |
| Hispanic, % (95% CI) | 8.8 (7.0–11.0) | 4.4 (3.0–6.3) |
| Smoking History | ||
| Ever smoker, % (95% CI) | 52.1 (50.7–53.4) | 68.9 (65.2–72.5) |
| > 10 pack years, % (95% CI) | 26.8 (25.7–27.9) | 43.0 (38.7–47.5) |
a Represents ~100 million noninstitutionalized US civilians.
b Represents ~10 million noninstitutionalized US civilians.
Schnell et al. BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2012 12:26 doi:10.1186/1471-2466-12-26
