Table 2 Baseline age and gender of LABA initiators whose medical record was abstracted for confirmation of asthma or COPD, January 1, 2005 – December 31, 2008
LABA | LABA & ICS | Asthma | COPD | Asthma & COPD | Neither Asthma nor COPD | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(N = 14) | (N = 356) | (N = 91) | (N = 92) | (N = 104) | (N = 83) | |||||||
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
Age | ||||||||||||
20-39 | 2 | 14.3 | 49 | 13.8 | 24 | 26.4 | 4 | 4.4 | 6 | 5.8 | 17 | 20.5 |
40-64 | 11 | 78.6 | 242 | 68.0 | 62 | 68.1 | 58 | 63.0 | 76 | 73.1 | 57 | 68.7 |
>64 | 1 | 7.1 | 65 | 18.3 | 5 | 5.5 | 30 | 32.6 | 22 | 21.2 | 9 | 10.8 |
Women | 8 | 57.1 | 210 | 59.0 | 57 | 62.6 | 50 | 54.4 | 60 | 57.7 | 51 | 61.5 |