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Table 3 Within medication group analysis: logistic regression models for the exacerbator phenotype

From: Risk factors for COPD exacerbations in inhaled medication users: the COPDGene study biannual longitudinal follow-up prospective cohort

 

Odds ratio

Lower CI

Upper CI

p-value

A. Tiotropium/Inhaled corticosteroid/Long acting beta-agonist

 Age, years

0.98

0.95

1.00

0.1

 Female Gender

1.53

1.05

2.21

0.03

 African-American Race

0.69

0.44

1.09

0.1

 FEV1 Percent Predicted

1.00

0.98

1.02

0.9

 TLC by CT percent predicted

1.01

0.99

1.02

0.3

 SGRQ Total Score

1.02

1.00

1.03

0.02

 MMRC Score

0.85

0.60

1.21

0.4

 BODE Score

1.08

0.80

1.47

0.6

 Frequent Cough Symptom

1.11

0.75

1.64

0.6

 Doctor's Diagnosis of Asthma

1.19

0.98

1.45

0.08

 Hay Fever

1.01

0.81

1.27

0.9

 Prior Pneumonia

1.36

1.03

1.80

0.03

 GERD

1.62

1.11

2.38

0.01

B. Tiotropium

 Age, years

0.93

0.87

1.00

0.04

 Female Gender

2.64

0.95

7.33

0.06

 African-American Race

0.15

0.02

1.28

0.08

 FEV1 percent predicted

1.02

0.99

1.06

0.1

 FEV1 change with bronchodilator (L)

2.99

0.10

87.43

0.5

 TLC by CT percent predicted

1.00

0.97

1.04

0.9

 Percent Gas Trapping

1.06

1.02

1.11

0.01

 SGRQ Total Score

1.01

0.98

1.04

0.4

 Frequent Cough Symptom

1.69

0.64

4.47

0.3

 Doctor's Diagnosis of Asthma

1.57

1.06

2.32

0.03

 GERD

2.75

1.10

6.88

0.03

C. Long acting beta-agonist/inhaled corticosteroid

 Age, years

1.00

0.96

1.03

0.8

 Female Gender

1.90

1.19

3.05

0.01

 African-American Race

0.71

0.39

1.29

0.3

 FEV1 percent predicted

0.98

0.96

1.01

0.1

 Resting Oxygen Saturation (%)

0.97

0.90

1.04

0.4

 6MWT distance

1.00

1.00

1.00

0.5

 FEV1 change with bronchodilator (L)

1.65

0.42

6.39

0.5

 TLC by CT percent predicted

1.01

0.99

1.02

0.3

 Percent Emphysema

1.02

0.99

1.04

0.2

 MMRC Score

1.04

0.71

1.54

0.8

 SGRQ Total Score

1.03

1.01

1.04

0.01

 BODE Score

0.96

0.68

1.35

0.8

 Frequent Cough Symptom

1.50

0.91

2.45

0.1

 Doctor's Diagnosis of Asthma

1.00

0.77

1.29

1.0

 Hay Fever

1.27

0.98

1.66

0.07

 Prior pneumonia

1.35

0.99

1.84

0.06

 GERD

1.96

1.21

3.15

0.01

 Cardiovascular disease

1.68

0.96

2.91

0.07

D. Short acting bronchodilators

 Age, years

1.01

0.97

1.05

0.8

 Female Gender

2.56

1.30

5.03

0.01

 African-American Race

0.53

0.23

1.21

0.1

 FEV1 percent predicted

0.98

0.96

1.01

0.1

 Oxygen Therapy

2.47

1.11

5.51

0.03

 FEV1 change with bronchodilator (L)

5.60

0.97

32.41

0.05

 TLC by CT percent predicted

1.00

0.98

1.03

0.7

 Percent Emphysema

1.03

0.99

1.08

0.2

 BODE Score

1.00

0.78

1.28

1.0

 Frequent Cough Symptom

2.14

1.13

4.06

0.02

 Hay Fever

1.19

0.86

1.64

0.3

 Prior Pneumonia

1.08

0.75

1.56

0.7

  1. P-values <0.05 are in bold