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Table 3 Clinical and physiological characteristics of study population II

From: FVC/DLCO identifies pulmonary hypertension and predicts 5-year all-cause mortality in patients with COPD

Characteristic

Total

Non-survivors

Survivors

P-value

Number

750

122

628

 

Age (year)

65.00 (58.00–71.00)

68.50 (61.75–74.00)

64.00 (58.00–71.00)

0.000

Male (%)

77.2

82.8

76.1

0.108

Body mass index

23.63 ± 3.92

21.93 ± 3.85

23.96 ± 3.85

0.000

Smoking index (pack-yr.)

20.00 (0.00–40.00)

30.00 (0.00–45.00)

20.00 (0.00–40.00)

0.033

Smoking status

 Never (%)

33.1

26.2

34.4

 

 Former (%)

30.5

34.4

29.8

 

 Current (%)

36.4

39.3

35.8

 

Comorbidity

 Hypertension (%)

28.8

36.1

27.4

0.053

 Diabetes (%)

6.9

7.4

6.8

0.833

 Coronary heart disease (%)

21.6

28.7

20.2

0.038

 Pulmonary hypertension (%)

17.1

33.6

13.9

0.000

Inhalation therapy

 SABD (%)

2.7

4.1

2.4

0.444

 ICS/LABA (%)

28.1

25.4

28.7

0.465

 ICS/LABA + LAMA (%)

28.8

22.1

30.1

0.075

 LAMA (%)

25.5

32.0

24.2

0.072

FEV1 (L)

1.16 (0.83–1.55)

0.88 (0.71–1.21)

1.22 (0.87–1.62)

0.000

FEV1 (% predicted)

46.50 (32.48–63.45)

34.35 (27.10–49.98)

48.65 (35.15–66.18)

0.000

FVC (L)

2.51 (2.03–3.08)

2.27 (1.80–2.65)

2.59 (2.09–3.16)

0.000

FVC (% predicted)

79.96 ± 21.11

72.42 ± 20.28

81.43 ± 20.97

0.000

FEV1/FVC (%)

46.99 (37.93–58.15)

41.19 (32.83–53.72)

48.48 (39.10–58.50)

0.000

VA (L)

4.93 ± 1.07

4.68 ± 0.99

4.98 ± 1.08

0.004

VA (% predicted)

87.02 ± 14.55

82.20 ± 15.06

87.95 ± 14.27

0.000

DLCO (mmol/min/kPa)

5.89 (4.41–7.39)

4.12 (3.24–5.45)

6.18 (4.74–7.70)

0.000

DLCO (% predicted)

75.41 ± 27.54

56.16 ± 24.53

79.15 ± 26.53

0.000

FVC/DLCO (l/mmol/min/kPa)

0.42 (0.34–0.54)

0.52 (0.41–0.71)

0.41 (0.33–0.52)

0.000

FVC%/DLCO%

1.04 (0.85–1.33)

1.26 (1.00–1.65)

1.01 (0.83–1.26)

0.000

LVEF (%)

67.00 (62.75–71.00)

66.00 (61.00–71.25)

67.00 (63.00–71.00)

0.104

LVFS (%)

37.00 (34.00–41.00)

37.00 (33.00–42.00)

37.00 (34.00–41.00)

0.789

pH

7.43 ± 0.03

7.42 ± 0.04

7.43 ± 0.03

0.619

PaO2 (mmHg)

71.56 ± 13.29

66.48 ± 14.86

72.55 ± 12.74

0.000

PaCO2 (mmHg)

38.80 (35.58–42.40)

39.95 (36.25–46.58)

38.55 (35.40–41.70)

0.001

PO2(A-a) (mmHg)

26.90 (19.70–33.83)

27.70 (20.85–38.70)

26.70 (19.60–33.60)

0.031

Leukocyte count (× 109/L)

6.51 (5.18–8.25)

6.66 (5.32–8.21)

6.45 (5.16–8.27)

0.650

Neutrophil count (× 109/L)

4.22 (3.16–5.98)

4.52 (3.42–6.39)

4.16 (3.10–5.84)

0.039

Platelet count (× 109/L)

179.00 (141.00–226.00)

166.50 (135.50–210.50)

182.00 (143.25–227.00)

0.083

Hemoglobin (g/L)

135.86 ± 16.96

133.66 ± 19.93

136.29 ± 16.30

0.118

Albumin (g/L)

39.80 (37.00–42.40)

38.05 (35.60–40.80)

40.00 (37.30–42.60)

0.000

Globulin (g/L)

24.84 ± 4.39

25.25 ± 4.96

24.75 ± 4.27

0.305

ALT (IU/L)

17.00 (12.00–25.00)

15.08 (11.00–22.00)

17.00 (12.00–26.00)

0.046

AST (IU/L)

19.00 (16.00–25.00)

20.00 (15.00–26.00)

19.00 (16.00–24.96)

0.663

DBIL (μmol/L)

4.50 (3.36–6.00)

4.65 (3.25–6.44)

4.42 (3.40–5.91)

0.295

IBIL (μmol/L)

6.87 (4.79–9.43)

6.62 (4.57–9.84)

6.90 (4.88–9.40)

0.587

Creatinine (μmol/L)

68.93 (58.67–80.33)

69.13 (59.37–81.77)

68.72 (58.67–80.28)

0.624

BUN (mmol/L)

5.10 (4.11–6.19)

5.24 (4.28–6.36)

5.08 (4.05–6.12)

0.135

Cystatin C (mg/L)

0.99 (0.86–1.13)

1.04 (0.89–1.21)

0.98 (0.85–1.11)

0.007

D-dimer (ng/mL)

360.00 (210.00–620.00)

461.50 (270.00–742.50)

330.00 (210.00–600.00)

0.002

  1. Data are expressed as means ± standard deviation or median (interquartile range) or percentage
  2. SABD short-acting bronchodilator, ICS inhaled corticosteroids, LABA long-acting beta-2 agonist, LAMA long-acting muscarinic antagonists, FEV1 forced expiratory volume in 1 s, FVC forced vital capacity, VA alveolar ventilation, DLCO diffusing lung capacity for carbon monoxide, LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction, LVFS left ventricular fractional shortening, PaO2, partial pressure of oxygen in arterial blood, PaCO2 partial pressure of carbon dioxide in arterial blood, PO2(A-a) alveolar-arterial oxygen gradient, ALT alanine aminotransferase, AST aspartate aminotransferase, DBIL direct bilirubin, IBIL indirect bilirubin, BUN blood urea nitrogen