Table 5 Prevalence ratio and relative risk (crude and adjusted analysis) for exacerbations, hospitalisations due to exacerbation in the past year and mMRC scale in the different phenotypes
From: Asthma–COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS) in primary care of four Latin America countries: the PUMA study
Asthma | p-value | COPD | ACOS | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Asthma defined by wheezing + reversibility | |||||
Exacerbations in the past year (yes/no) | |||||
Unadjusted – PR (95% CI) | 1.85 (0.85; 4.06) | 0.122 | 1.00 | 2.68 (1.30; 5.52) | 0.007 |
Adjusteda– PR (95% CI) | 2.24 (0.92; 5.45) | 0.075 | 1.00 | 2.20 (1.10; 4.39) | 0.026 |
Number of exacerbations in the past year | |||||
Unadjusted – RR (95% CI) | 1.77 (0.72; 4.34) | 0.210 | 1.00 | 2.10 (0.90; 4.90) | 0.086 |
Adjusteda– RR (95% CI) | 2.84 (0.94; 8.61) | 0.065 | 1.00 | 1.64 (0.78; 3.44) | 0.191 |
Hospitalisations in the past year | |||||
Unadjusted – PR (95% CI) | 0.76 (0.10; 5.96) | 0.795 | 1.00 | 2.89 (0.80; 10.39) | 0.104 |
Adjusteda– PR (95% CI) | 3.57 (0.48; 26.59) | 0.214 | 1.00 | 1.65 (0.53; 5.06) | 0.385 |
mMRC scale | |||||
Unadjusted – RR (95% CI) | 0.64 (0.41; 0.99) | 0.289 | 1.00 | 1.17 (0.88; 1.56) | 0.046 |
Adjusteda– RR (95% CI) | 0.73 (0.48; 1.12) | 0.149 | 1.00 | 1.22 (0.92; 1.12) | 0.176 |
Asthma defined as medical diagnosis | |||||
Exacerbations in the past year (yes/no) | |||||
Unadjusted – PR (95% CI) | 1.80 (1.01; 3.20) | 0.046 | 1.00 | 1.80 (0.91; 3.53) | 0.089 |
Adjusteda– PR (95% CI) | 1.57 (0.75; 3.27) | 0.231 | 1.00 | 1.29 (0.64; 2.60) | 0.480 |
Number of exacerbations in the past year | |||||
Unadjusted – RR (95% CI) | 1.92 (0.99; 3.68) | 0.054 | 1.00 | 1.68 (0.77; 3.66) | 0.191 |
Adjusteda– RR (95% CI) | 2.01 (0.94; 4.30) | 0.072 | 1.00 | 1.32 (0.60; 2.88) | 0.490 |
Hospitalisations in the past year | |||||
Unadjusted – PR (95% CI) | 0.58 (0.16; 2.16) | 0.419 | 1.00 | 1.07 (0.29; 3.92) | 0.923 |
Adjusteda– PR (95% CI) | 0.68 (0.17; 2.69) | 0.581 | 1.00 | 0.72 (0.21; 2.44) | 0.596 |
mMRC scale | |||||
Unadjusted – RR (95% CI) | 0.90 (0.72; 1.14) | 0.311 | 1.00 | 1.24 (0.98; 1.56) | 0.052 |
Adjusteda– RR (95% CI) | 0.97 (0.75; 1.25) | 0.799 | 1.00 | 1.20 (0.96; 1.21) | 0.108 |