|
Smokers females
n: 215 |
Smokers males
n: 283 |
P value* |
Age |
55.6 ± 10.6 |
56.2 ± 8.2 |
0.1 |
Education
None
Primary
Secondary
high school |
14.4
28.7
32.4
24.5 |
22.7
28.6
27.9
20.8 |
0.001
NS
NS
0.0001 |
Monthly income (%)<$ 200 |
50.5 |
51.9 |
0.04 |
Pred FEV1 |
88.5 ± 18.8 |
89.8 ± 11.9 |
0.3 |
FEV1/FVC |
86.9 ± 7.9 |
81.1 ± 8.3 |
0.0001 |
FVC% |
86.0 ± 17.1 |
85.7 ± 10.5 |
0.5 |
MMF% |
77.6 ± 27.7 |
72.7 ± 28.2 |
0.07 |
Dyspnea score |
1.9 ± 1.4 |
0.8 ± 1.0 |
0.001 |
Chronic bronchitis,(%) |
69/215(32.0) |
95/283(33.6) |
0.7 |
Smokingpack/year |
22.4 ± 16.6 |
22.3 ± 11.6 |
0.9 |
Anxiety score |
8.4 ± 4.2 |
6.5 ± 3.4 |
0.001 |
Depression score |
8.6 ± 4.9 |
6.7 ± 3.3 |
0.002 |
*when compared smokers females and males |