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Table 1 Demographic data at baseline according to participation in follow-up

From: Annual decline in forced expiratory volume and airway inflammatory cells and mediators in a general population-based sample

 

Total

Follow-up visit

P-value

n = 120

Yes (n = 62)

No (n = 58)

Demographic data

 Male, n (%)

61 (51)

35 (57)

26 (45)

0.20

 Age, years, mean (SD)

54.9 (9.7)

55.8 (9.5)

53.9 (9.8)

0.12

 Height, m, mean (SD)

1.74 (0.1)

1.75 (0.1)

1.72 (0.11)

0.18

 Weight, kg, mean (SD)

79.7 (16.6)

81.6 (15.1)

77.6 (18.2)

0.30

 BMI, kg/m2, mean (SD)

26.2 (4.3)

26.5 (4.0)

26.0 (4.6)

0.35

Smoking history

 Pack-years, mean (SD)

8.1 (12)

9.9 (14.4)

6.2 (8.6)

0.10

 Current, n (%)

25 (21)

10 (17)

15 (28)

0.15

 Quitters, n (%)

29 (24)

18 (30)

11(20)

0.24

 Never smokers, n (%)

60 (50)

32 (53)

28 (48)

0.87

 Unknown, n (%)

6 (5)

2 (3)

4 (7)

0.36

Spirometry, mean (SD)

 FEV1, % of predicted

102 (15)

101 (14)

102 (15)

0.74

 FVC, l

4.2 (1.2)

4.3 (1.2)

4.2 (1.2)

0.49

 FVC, % of predicted

110 (14)

109 (15)

111 (14)

0.46

  1. SD standard deviation, BMI body mass index, FEV1 forced expiratory volume in 1 s, FVC forced vital capacity. Student’s t-tests and chi-square tests were used to analyse differences between groups