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Table 3 Patient demographics

From: Item selection, reliability and validity of the Shortness of Breath with Daily Activities (SOBDA) questionnaire: a new outcome measure for evaluating dyspnea in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Patient characteristic

Population for analysis (N = 334)

Age, mean (SD)

62.3 (9.66)

Male gender, n (%)

174 (52.1)

Race/ethnicity, n (%)a

 

 American Indian or Native

8 (2.4)

 Asian

39 (11.7)

 Black or African American

15 (4.5)

 Hispanic or Latino

18 (5.4)

 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

2 (0.6)

 White

257 (76.9)

 Other

3 (0.9)

Tobacco history, n (%)

 

 Current smokers

165 (49.4)

 Former smokersb

169 (50.6)

 Number of years since stopped smoking, mean (SD)

10.6 (9.15)

  1. aPatients marked all that applied.
  2. bFormer smoker defined as not smoked within 6 months of Visit 1.
  3. SD Standard deviation.