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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the studied COPD patients, according to gender and smoking habit.

From: Characteristics of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Spain from a gender perspective

VARIABLE

Male non-smokers

Male smokers

Female non-smokers

Female smokers

Age (mean ± SD) + † Ŧ

(647) 66.99 ± 10.06

(7356) 67.47 ± 9.13

(1803) 68.58 ± 10.08

(773) 60.21 ± 10.26

Occupational status:

    

   - Inactive (%)

(440) 73.9

(5184) 77.6

(1417) 84.7

(428) 58.9

   - Active (%) + † Ŧ

(155) 26.0

(1494) 22.4

(256) 15.3

(298) 41.0

Educational level:

    

   - Patients without basic schooling (%)

(77) 14.7

(1142) 18.3

(536) 35.4

(85) 13.2

   - Primary (%)

(308) 58.7

(3630) 58.1

(812) 53.7

(304) 47.1

   - Secondary (%)

(103) 19.6

(1151) 18.4

(138) 9.1

(178) 27.6

   - University (%) + † Ŧ

(37) 7.0

(326) 5.2

(27) 1.8

(79) 12.2

  1. * Significant difference in the comparison of male smokers versus male non-smokers.
  2. + Significant difference in the comparison of female smokers versus female non-smokers.
  3. † Significant difference in the comparison of male smokers versus female smokers.
  4. Ŧ Significant difference in the comparison of male non-smokers versus female non-smokers.
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