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Table 3 Distribution of levels of other comorbidity measured by RUB (resource utilization band) in the study population

From: Heart failure and levels of other comorbidities in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in a Swedish population: a register-based study

 

Total

Patients without COPD

Patients with COPD

p value*

No heart failure

Heart failure

No heart failure

Heart failure

RUB 0

102,071 (32.51 %)

101,835 (33.34 %)

81 (1.65 %)

150 (4.49 %)

5 (0.71 %)

0.000

RUB 1

44,126 (14.05 %)

43,855 (14.36 %)

86 (1.78 %)

181 (5.96 %)

4 (0.57 %)

0.001

RUB 2

65,322 (20.8 %)

64,533 (21.13 %)

282 (5.83 %)

481 (15.84 %)

26 (3.71 %)

0.000

RUB 3

89,042 (28.36 %)

84,602 (27.7 %)

2514 (51.95 %)

1603 (52.80 %)

323 (46.14 %)

0.000

RUB 4

10,383 (3.31 %)

10,383 (3.31 %)

1234 (25.50 %)

434 (14.30 %)

203 (29 %)

0.000

RUB 5

3033 (0.97 %)

2065 (0.68 %)

642 (13.27 %)

187 (6.16 %)

139 (19.89 %)

0.000

Total

313,977 (100 %)

305,402 (100 %)

4839 (100 %)

3036 (100 %)

700 (100 %)

0.000

  1. * p value describes differences between groups with and without COPD