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Table 1 Demographics and smoking history: adults ≥45 years, with and without physician-diagnosed COPD: NHANES 1999–2008

From: The prevalence of clinically-relevant comorbid conditions in patients with physician-diagnosed COPD: a cross-sectional study using data from 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)

  1. a Represents ~100 million noninstitutionalized US civilians.
  2. b Represents ~10 million noninstitutionalized US civilians.