Preliminary Study to Evaluate Three Different Treatments on Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients Based on Markov Model
Table 2
General Characteristics of Patients at Baseline#.
Characteristics
Western medicine group
TCM group
Combined group
P
Average age—yr
61.86 ± 9.82
64.01 ± 11.03
63.76 ± 10.30
1.009
0.366
Male sex — no. (%)
58(73.42)
53(67.09)
55(70.51)
0.684
0.760
Han nationality— no. (%)
74(93.67)
77(97.47)
77(97.47)
1.798
0.517&
Age levels—yr
Under 40
3(3.80)
2(2.53)
3(3.85)
8.890
0.346&
40-
6(7.59)
8(10.13)
7(8.97)
50-
21(26.58)
17(21.52)
17(21.79)
60-
37(46.84)
27(34.18)
27(34.62)
70-
12(15.19)
25(31.65)
24(30.77)
Education levels
Illiteracy/ Semiliterate — no. (%)
4(5.06)
3(3.80)
3(3.85)
7.614
0.673&
Primary school — no. (%)
11(13.92)
11(13.92)
10(12.82)
Junior middle school — no. (%)
31(39.24)
28(35.44)
33(42.31)
Senior middle school — no. (%)
20(25.32)
21(26.58)
24(30.77)
Junior college — no. (%)
8(10.13)
12(15.19)
6(7.69)
Undergraduate — no. (%)
5(6.33)
5(6.33)
2(2.56)
Occupation
Worker — no. (%)
5(6.33)
9(11.39)
5(6.41)
14.921
0.482&
Farmer — no. (%)
17(21.52)
11(13.92)
13(16.67)
Intellectual — no. (%)
3(3.80)
2(2.53)
2(2.56)
Manager — no. (%)
4(5.06)
3(3.80)
0(0.00)
Service — no. (%)
2(2.53)
3(3.80)
0(0.00)
Retirement — no. (%)
44(55.70)
49(62.03)
53(67.95)
Unemployed— no. (%)
2(2.53)
2(2.53)
4(5.13)
Laid-off— no. (%)
1(1.27)
0(0.00)
0(0.00)
Others— no. (%)
1(1.27)
0(0.00)
1(1.28)
Lung function
GOLD 1-2— no.
45
43
39
0.784
0.676
GOLD 3-4 — no.
34
36
39
Plus–minus values are means ± SD. #There were no significant differences between the three groups in any of the baseline characteristics. & Fish’s exact test.
