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Table 2 Weighted prevalence (%) a of restrictive pattern and moderate to more severe restrictive pattern

From: Change in prevalence of restrictive lung impairment in the U.S. population and associated risk factors: the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1988–1994 and 2007–2010

 

Restrictive pattern (FVC < LLN, FEV 1 /FVC > LLN)

Moderate to more severe restrictive pattern (FVC < LLN, FEV 1 /FVC > LLN, FEV 1 < 70%)

 

1988–1994

2007–2010

p b

1988–1994

2007–2010

p b

Totalc

7.2 (0.4)

5.4 (0.4)

0.0013*

2.0 (0.2)

1.4 (0.2)

0.023*

Age category, years

      

20–29

5.2 (0.7)

3.5 (0.5)

0.06

0.4 (0.1)

0.4 (0.2)

0.50

30–39

5.2 (0.7)

4.2 (0.6)

0.17

0.7 (0.2)

0.4 (0.1)

0.15

40–49

5.7 (0.8)

4.9 (0.6)

0.23

1.2 (0.3)

0.8 (0.2)

0.16

50–59

11.6 (1.0)

7.0 (0.7)

0.0001**

3.5 (0.7)

2.2 (0.5)

0.07

60–69

11.2 (1.0)

9.0 (1.1)

0.07

5.1 (0.8)

4.3 (0.8)

0.25

70–79

7.9 (0.9)

6.9 (0.9)

0.23

4.6 (0.7)

2.8 (0.4)

0.029

Sex c

      

Male

7.4 (0.6)

6.3 (0.5)

0.10

1.7 (0.2)

1.3 (0.2)

0.09

Female

7.0 (0.5)

4.6 (0.4)

0.0004**

2.3 (0.2)

1.5 (0.2)

0.004*

Race/ethnicity c

      

White

7.5 (0.5)

5.4 (0.5)

0.0018**

2.0 (0.2)

1.4 (0.2)

0.019

African American

5.7 (0.4)

4.1 (0.6)

0.015

2.3 (0.3)

1.7 (0.4)

0.13

Mexican American

6.4 (0.4)

6.4 (0.7)

0.50

1.6 (0.3)

0.6 (0.2)

0.021

Education c

      

< High School

9.7 (0.9)

6.5 (0.7)

0.013*

3.1 (0.4)

2.1 (0.4)

0.07

High School

7.9 (0.7)

6.7 (0.8)

0.15

1.9 (0.3)

1.5 (0.4)

0.22

Some college

5.7 (0.5)

5.5 (0.7)

0.41

1.9 (0.4)

1.6 (0.3)

0.27

College graduate

5.1 (0.8)

3.8 (0.4)

0.07

1.1 (0.3)

0.8 (0.2)

0.20

Cardiovascular disease c

11.5 (2.2)

9.7 (2.2)

0.30

4.4 (1.3)

4.0 (0.8)

0.41

Diabetes c

14.7 (2.3)

8.2 (0.9)

0.006*

3.7 (1.0)

2.7 (0.5)

0.19

Waist circumference c

     

Non-obese

5.7 (0.5)

3.1 (0.3)

0.0002**

1.7 (0.2)

0.7 (0.1)

0.0003**

Obese

8.4 (0.7)

7.1 (0.5)

0.08

2.3 (0.3)

1.9 (0.3)

0.18

Smoking status c

      

Never smoker

6.7 (0.5)

4.8 (0.4)

0.003*

2.0 (0.2)

0.8 (0.1)

0.0001**

Former smoker

6.3 (0.8)

5.3 (0.6)

0.19

1.3 (0.3)

1.8 (0.3)

0.87

Current smoker

9.1 (0.8)

6.9 (0.8)

0.040

3.4 (0.5)

2.2 (0.4)

0.06

  1. aStandard errors (SE) of the weighted prevalence estimates are given in parentheses.
  2. bp from t test comparing prevalence between NHANES 1988–1994 and 2007–2010; p < 0.05 after Bonferroni corrected α for the number of comparisons at *α = 0.05; **α = 0.001.
  3. cAge-standardized prevalence reported using the 2000 U.S. Census population.