Table 2 Prevalence of respiratory disorders in the study samples
| Â | 45-64Â years | 65-84Â years | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | General population | Diabetic patients | p value | General population | Diabetic patients | p value |
|  | (n = 676) | (n = 94) |  | (n = 591) | (n = 165) |  |
Ever asthma (%) | 58 (8.8) | 9 (9.7) | 0.702 | 42 (7.5) | 10 (6.2) | 0.730 |
Current asthma (%) | 39 (5.8) | 6 (6.5) | 0.814 | 25 (4.4) | 8 (4.9) | 0.830 |
Diagnosed asthma (%) | 43 (6.6) | 6 (6.7) | 1.00 | 27 (4.9) | 5 (3.1) | 0.513 |
Allergic rhinitis (%) | 125 (18.7) | 15 (16.5) | 0.668 | 75 (13) | 24 (15.1) | 0.513 |
Eczema (%) | 89 (13.6) | 14 (15.6) | 0.626 | 70 (12.8) | 28 (18.3) | 0.087 |
Chronic cough/phlegm (%) | 108 (16.7) | 24 (27.6) | 0.017 | 134 (24.6) | 41 (27.9) | 0.454 |
Diagnosed COPD (%) | 41 (6.2) | 7 (7.9) | 0.496 | 78 (14.0) | 18 (11.8) | 0.593 |
mMCR grade2 dyspnoea (%) | 52 (7.9) | 20 (23) | <0.001 | 77 (13.7) | 47 (30.9) | <0.001 |