Table 1 Baseline characteristics
From: Respiratory-related death in individuals with incident asthma and COPD: a competing risk analysis
Characteristic | Asthma | Std. Diff | COPD | Std. Diff | ACO | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | Yes | No | ||||
(N = 65,012) | (N = 324,885) | (N = 45,649) | (N = 228,076) | (N = 22,145) | |||
Sex (N, %) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Male | 25,977 (40) | 129,793 (40) | 0.00 | 25,377 (56) | 126,775 (56) | 0.00 | 10,205 (46) |
Female | 39,035 (60) | 195,092 (60) | Â | 20,272 (44) | 101,301 (44) | Â | 11,940 (54) |
Age at inclusion/diagnosis (mean, SD) | 50.4 ± 18.2 | 50.4 ± 18.2 | 0.00 | 67.8 ± 11.5 | 67.8 ± 11.4 | 0.00 | 65.5 ± 12.1 |
Age at inclusion/diagnosis (N, %) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
18–44 | 26,434 (41) | 132,105 (41) | 0.00 | 1262 (3) | 6307 (3) | 0.00 | 1126 (5) |
45–64 | 22,411 (35) | 112,044 (35) |  | 16,207 (36) | 81,036 (36) |  | 8890 (40) |
65–84 | 14,481 (22) | 72,385 (22) |  | 25,185 (55) | 125,911 (55) |  | 11,003 (50) |
> 85 | 1686 (3) | 8351 (3) |  | 2995 (7) | 14,822 (7) |  | 1126 (5) |
Follow up time, years (Median (IQR)) | 3.0 (2.3–5.6) | 4.0 (1.9–6.9) |  | 3.8 (1.8–6.4) | 3.9 (1.8–6.5) |  | 3.8 (2.1–6.3) |
Total person years | 259,700 | 1,460,056 | Â | 193,309 | 994,000 | Â | 96,038 |
Smoking status (N, %) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Never smoker | 25,803 (40) | 160,793 (50) | 0.27 | 3,859 (9) | 101,784 (45) | 0.99 | 4373 (20) |
Current | 12,469 (19) | 66,252 (20) | Â | 18,298 (40) | 31,493 (14) | Â | 6912 (31) |
Former smoker | 22,374 (34) | 88,313 (27) | Â | 21,560 (47) | 90,698 (40) | Â | 10,860 (49) |
Not recorded | 4366 (7) | 9527 (3) | Â | 1932 (4) | 4101 (2) | Â | 0 (0) |
BMI (kg/m2) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Underweight (< 18.5) | 1167 (2) | 7406 (2) | 0.22 | 2023 (4) | 3084 (1) | 0.22 | 552 (2) |
Normal weight (18.5–24.9) | 17,747 (27) | 109,319 (34) |  | 14,393 (32) | 65,811 (29) |  | 5996 (27) |
Overweight (25–29.9) | 20,119 (31) | 97,373 (30) |  | 14,030 (31) | 84,417 (37) |  | 7133 (32) |
Obese (30 +) | 19,736 (30) | 71,499 (22) |  | 12,264 (27) | 57,943 (25) |  | 2158 (10) |
Missing | 6243 (10) | 39,288 (12) | Â | 2939 (6) | 16,821 (7) | Â | 0 (0) |
IMD (N, %) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
1 (least deprived) | 13,583 (21) | 73,699 (23) | 0.06 | 7125 (16) | 48,593 (21) | 0.22 | 3565 (16) |
2 | 13,837 (21) | 70,574 (22) | Â | 8765 (19) | 50,683 (22) | Â | 4325 (20) |
3 | 13,224 (20) | 67,034 (21) | Â | 9181 (20) | 47,146 (21) | Â | 4450 (20) |
4 | 12,550 (19) | 60,676 (19) | Â | 10,006 (22) | 42,979 (19) | Â | 4733 (21) |
5 (most deprived) | 11,765 (18) | 52,574 (16) | Â | 10,524 (23) | 38,476 (17) | Â | 5059 (23) |
Missing | 53 (0) | 328 (0) | Â | 48 (0) | 199 (0) | Â | 0 (0) |
CCI (N, %) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
0 | 0 (0) | 227,852 (70) | 2.29 | 0 (0) | 117,111 (51) | 1.51 | 0 (0) |
1 | 50,226 (77) | 51,073 (16) | Â | 23,765 (52) | 41,445 (18) | Â | 12,349 (56) |
2 | 5637(9) | 24,022 (7) | Â | 7457 (16) | 31,724 (14) | Â | 3581 (16) |
3 | 4712 (7) | 11,531 (4) | Â | 6367 (14) | 18,351 (8) | Â | 2954 (13) |
4 | 2267 (4) | 4993 (2) | Â | 3688 (8) | 8912 (4) | Â | 1594 (7) |
≥ 5 | 2170 (3) | 5414 (2) |  | 4372 (10) | 10,533 (5) |  | 1667 (8) |