8th international conference on management and rehabilitation of chronic respiratory failure: the long summaries – part 1

Table 4 Patient Characteristics in Outpatients with COPD that may Predict Re-Hospitalization

	Not hospitalized	Hospitalized
	n = 1,468	n = 670
Age (years)	63	64
Percent female	35	35
BMI (kg/m2)	27	26
Current smoker	37	34
mMRC dyspnea ≥ 2 (%)	46	69
Reflux or heartburn (%)	24	29
Hospitalized for exacerbation over prev yr (%)	9	30
History C-V disease (%)	32	37
FEV₁ % predicted	51	42
6 MWD (m)	383	341
SGRQ total score	45	55

BMI, Body mass index; mMRC, Modified Medical Research Council; C-V: cardiovascular; SGRQ, St. George’s Respiratory Questionnaire

ISSN: 2049-6958