Table 1 Characteristics of the responders and nonresponders

Total

N (% of the corrected total sample)

803 (40.6)

1175 (59.4)

n/a

Females

N (%)

492 (61.3)

642 (54.6)

0.003

Age^a

Years

62 (50–70)

54 (41–66)

 < 0.001

BMI^a

kg/m²

27.3 (24.4–31.3)

n/a

n/a

Smoking status^b

N (%)

n/a

n/a

 Current

120 (14.9)

 Former

269 (33.5)

 Never

411 (51.2)

Number of subjects dispensed different drug classes

N (%)

 ICS

662 (82.4)

854 (72.7)

 < 0.001

 LTRA

116 (14.4)

115 (9.8)

0.002

 LABA

397 (49.4)

518 (44.1)

0.019

 LAMA

78 (9.7)

119 (10.1)

0.763

 SABA

513 (63.9)

771 (65.6)

0.428

 SAMA

10 (1.2)

17 (1.4)

0.705

 Theophylline

7(0.9)

14 (1.2)

0.496

 Roflumilast

1(0.1)

3 (0.3)

0.525