Totaln (%)
Demographic characteristics
Age, years (± SD) 71,9 ± 10,4
Sex, men 103 (93,6)
Former smokers 30 (27,3)
Occupational history 14 (15,7)
Influenzae / H1N1 vaccination 65 (59,1) / 24 (21,8)
S. pneumoniaevaccination (last 10 years) 51 (46,4)
AE-COPD in the last year 51 (46,4)
COPD hospitalization in the last year 45 (40,9)
Pneumonia in the last year 9 (8,2)
Treatment
Oxygen long treatment 33 (30)
Oral Corticoids 19 (17,4)
Chronic antibiotics 9 (8,2)
Comorbidities
Charslon index (± SD) 2,38 ± 1,7
Hypertension 61 (55)
Dyslipidemia 39 (35,5)
Diabetes mellitus 32 (29,1)
Bronchiectasis 31 (28,2)
Arrythmia 23 (20,9)
Ischemic heart disease 21 (19,1)
Apnea hypopnea syndrome 18 (16,4)
Valvular heart disease 16 (14,5)
Osteoporosis 15 (13,6)
Tuberculosis 13 (11,8)
Neoplasm 12 (10,9)
Depression 12 (10,9)
Heart failure 9 (8,2)
Corpulmonale 5 (4,5)
Obesity 5 (4,5)
Functional status
Barthel scale (± DS) 89 ± 19,7
mMRC scale (± DS) 1,86 ± 1
COPD severity (GOLD)
Mild (>80) 5 (4,7)
Moderate (50-80) 36 (34)
Sever (30-50) 32 (30,2)
Very sever (<30) 33 (31,1)
Table 1: Characteristics of COPD patients. Data are expressed as number (%) unless otherwise indicated. Influenza vaccination within the current influenza season; pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccination in the previous 10 years. COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; AECOPD: acute exacerbation of COPD; GOLD, Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.