INDACO project: a pilot study on incidence of comorbidities in COPD patients referred to pneumology units

Table 2 Sort of data by class of COPD exacerbation *

Class of COPD exacerbation	Age (yrs)	FEV₁%	FEV₁/FVC %	PaO₂mmHg	PaCO₂mmHg	BMI Kg/m²	CCI score	MRC score
0	73.8	63.7	58.5	73.2	37.8	28.1	3.9	1.7
1	73.7	56.8	56.7	70.3	41.4	29.1	4.9	2.4
2	74.9	54.9	52.5	69.8	44.4	26.9	5.1	2.1
3	72.9	51.4	52.9	66.4	44.5	25.9	5.2	2.5
p	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	0.02	0.08	0.002

*(class 0 = 0 exacerbations; class 1 = 1 exacerbation/year; class 2 = 2 exacerbations/year; class 3 = 2 or more exacerbations/year).

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