Table 1 Baseline characteristics
Overall | Men | Women | P value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | 475 | 366 | 109 | ||||||
Age (years) | 48.9 | (9.2) | 48.4 | (9.8) | 50.5 | (6.4) | 0.034 | ||
BMI (kg/m2) | 23.3 | (3.8) | 23.6 | (3.6) | 22.09 | (4.4) | < | 0.001 | |
Smoking status | current | 129 | (27.2) | 118 | (32.2) | 11 | (10.1) | < | 0.001 |
former | 110 | (23.2) | 98 | (26.8) | 12 | (11.0) | |||
never | 236 | (49.7) | 150 | (41.0) | 86 | (78.9) | |||
Passive smoking | ever passive smoking | 404 | (85.1) | 314 | (85.8) | 90 | (82.6) | 0.444 | |
at home currently | 96 | (20.2) | 50 | (13.7) | 46 | (42.2) | < | 0.001 | |
at home in childhood | 351 | (73.9) | 274 | (74.9) | 77 | (70.6) | 0.386 | ||
at workplace currently | 47 | (9.9) | 45 | (12.3) | 2 | (1.8) | < | 0.001 | |
at workplace previously | 153 | (32.2) | 126 | (34.4) | 27 | (24.8) | 0.062 | ||
Hospitalization due to respiratory diseases in childhood | 17 | (3.6) | 14 | (3.8) | 3 | (2.8) | 0.773 | ||
Comorbidities | |||||||||
Hypertension | 119 | (25.1) | 101 | (27.6) | 18 | (16.5) | 0.023 | ||
Diabetes mellitus | 27 | (5.7) | 21 | (5.7) | 6 | (5.5) | > | 0.999 | |
Dyslipidemia | 232 | (48.8) | 187 | (51.1) | 45 | (41.3) | 0.081 | ||
Hyperuricemia | 113 | (23.8) | 109 | (29.8) | 4 | (3.7) | < | 0.001 | |