Office-Based Case Finding for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Older Adults in Primary Care

Table 1

Characteristics of all patients screened in the C5–75 program ().

Characteristics	Total sample	Previous diagnosis of COPD	No previous diagnosis of COPD	value
Age, years, mean ± SD	80.8 ± 4.5	81.6 ± 4.7	80.7 ± 4.5	0.148
Gender, female, (%)	291 (56.4)	23 (39.7)	268 (58.6)	0.006
Medical history prior to screening, (%)
Heart failure	34 (6.6)	10 (17.2)	24 (5.2)	0.002
CAD (MI, Angina, CABG)	119 (23.1)	21 (36.2)	98 (21.4)	0.010
Hypertension	264 (51.2)	26 (44.8)	238 (52.0)	0.306
Diabetes	118 (22.9)	14 (24.1)	104 (22.7)	0.807
Hyperlipidemia	188 (36.3)	22 (37.9)	166 (36.2)	0.801
Atrial fibrillation	54 (10.5)	10 (17.2)	44 (9.6)	0.074
MCI/dementia	61 (11.8)	6 (10.3)	55 (12.0)	0.707
Osteoporosis	133 (25.8)	20 (34.5)	113 (24.7)	0.108

COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CAD: coronary artery disease; MI: myocardial infarction; CABG: coronary artery bypass graft; MCI: mild cognitive impairment.
Statistically significant () differences between those previously diagnosed with COPD and those not previously diagnosed with COPD.