Variable | COPD (n = 68) | Normal lung function (n = 457) | P |
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Male gender, n (%) | 47 (69.1%) | 311 (68.1%) | 1.000 |
Age in years, mean ± SD | 52 (±SD 8.8) | 49.2 (SD 7.7) | 0.006 |
Nationality, n (%) | 0.488 | ||
UAE | 9 (13.2%) | 79 (17.3%) | |
Other | 59 (86.8%) | 378 (82.7%) | |
Height in cm, mean ± SD | 164.9 (±SD 8.6) | 164.82 (±SD 8.7) | 0.890 |
Weight in kg, mean ± SD | 76.3 (±SD 12.9) | 77 (±SD15.4) | 0.737 |
BMI in kg/m2, mean ± SD | 28.4 (±SD 4.6) | 28.4 (±SD 4.7) | 0.902 |
Education, n (%) | 0.397 | ||
Primary | 34 (50.0%) | 231 (50.5%) | |
Diploma | 3 (4.4%) | 24 (5.3%) | |
College | 30 (44.1%) | 174 (38.1%) | |
Higher Education | 1 (1.5%) | 28 (6.1%) | |
Any smoking, n (%) | 17 (25.0%) | 111 (24.3%) | 0.881 |
Cigarette smoking | |||
Smokers, n (%) | 18 (26.4%) | 115 (25.2%) | 1.000 |
Number of cigarettes/day, mean ± SD | 14.4(±SD 11) | 12 (±SD 10.4) | 0.493 |
Midwakh smokers, n (%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.3%) | 1.000 |
Water pipe smoking | |||
Smokers, n (%) | 1 (3.4%) | 13 (3.9%) | 1.000 |
Heads of waterpipe/month, mean ± SD | 4.1 (±SD 22.3) | 1.1 (±SD 7.5) | 0.098 |
Other Smoking | |||
Smokers, n (%) | 1 (3.4%) | 3 (0.9%) | 0.294 |
Other tobacco per week, mean ± SD | 0.9 (±SD 5.1) | 0.2 (±SD 1.9) | 0.082 |
Exposure to domestic biomass and coal pollution (cooking/heating), n (%) | 12 (17.6%) | 52 (11.4%) | 0.162 |
Occupational exposure to dust, n (%) | 26 (38.2%) | 102 (22.3%) | 0.006 |
Hospital admissions due to pulmonary problems in childhood, n (%) | 4 (5.9%) | 20 (4.4%) | 0.536 |