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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

A 20-Year Follow-Up of a Population Study-Based COPD Cohort-Report from the Obstructive Lung Disease in Northern Sweden Studies

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Pages 263-271 | Published online: 11 Sep 2009

Figures & data

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the COPD cohort in 1986 by age and sex

Table 2 Deaths in relation to anthropometric data, severity of COPD and mean FEV1 in percent of predicted values

Figure 1 Kaplan-Maiyer curves expressing survival in subjects with COPD over 20 years by age-group (a), and in subjects with either chronic bronchitis, asthma-like phenotype, or without either chronic bronchitis and asthma-like phenotype (b). Sex, age-group (not in ), COPD severity stage, smoking habits, socioeconomic status and atopy were used as covariates.

Figure 1 Kaplan-Maiyer curves expressing survival in subjects with COPD over 20 years by age-group (a), and in subjects with either chronic bronchitis, asthma-like phenotype, or without either chronic bronchitis and asthma-like phenotype (b). Sex, age-group (not in Figure 1a), COPD severity stage, smoking habits, socioeconomic status and atopy were used as covariates.

Figure 2 Percentage (%) of deceased by age-group and severity stage (GOLD) of COPD.

Figure 2 Percentage (%) of deceased by age-group and severity stage (GOLD) of COPD.

Table 3 Deaths in relation to heart disease, family history of obstructive airways disease (OAD), atopy, and chronic respiratory symptoms

Table 4 Risk factors for death by Cox regression; Age (age group) and FEV1 (GOLD severity stage) as categorical variables

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