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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study population and SF-36 summary scores, n=4398

From: Characteristics associated with SF-36 in alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency-associated COPD: a cross-sectional analysis

 

n (%)

Mental Component Summary (MCS) scorea

Physical Component Summary (PCS) scorea

mean (SD)

mean (SD)

Age, years

 <50

1010 (22.96)

48.15 (11.57)

35.65 (10.05)

 50-65

2355 (53.55)

51.27 (10.64)

36.30 (9.83)

 >65

1033 (23.49)

53.97 (9.37)

37.10 (9.29)

Sex

 Female

1996 (45.38)

51.58 (10.52)

36.38 (9.91)

 Male

2402 (54.62)

50.87 (10.95)

36.31 (9.64)

mMRCb

 0

404 (9.19)

54.25 (8.36)

45.48 (9.27)

 1

986 (22.42)

53.63 (8.96)

41.87 (8.75)

 2

826 (18.78)

51.92 (10.42)

36.78 (8.29)

 3

950 (21.60)

50.94 (10.89)

33.64 (8.06)

 4

1232 (28.01)

47.90 (11.99)

30.63 (8.05)

Frequency of exacerbations in the past year

 0

1001 (22.76)

53.99 (9.07)

40.32 (9.56)

 1

915 (20.80)

52.89 (9.89)

38.39 (9.48)

 2 or more

2482 (56.43)

49.43 (11.35)

33.97 (9.25)

Regular use of oxygen in the past year

 No

2193 (49.86)

51.67 (10.46)

39.33 (9.77)

 Yes

2205 (50.14)

50.71 (11.04)

33.36 (8.80)

Daily productive cough for at least 3 months each year over the past 2 years

 No

2462 (55.98)

52.35 (10.20)

37.96 (9.76)

 Yes

1936 (44.02)

49.72 (11.27)

34.27 (9.38)

Alpha1 variant

 ZZ

2305 (62.16)

51.89 (10.29)

37.23 (9.96)

 ZNull

31 (0.84)

52.11 (11.31)

36.91 (9.64)

 NullNull

12 (0.32)

53.17 (10.10)

34.54 (9.99)

 FF & FZ

31 (0.84)

50.80 (9.59)

35.38 (9.88)

 SZ

382 (10.30)

51.24 (10.53)

36.50 (9.73)

 MZ

733 (19.77)

50.43 (11.44)

35.05 (9.42)

 Otherc

214 (5.77)

50.19 (11.26)

34.62 (9.80)

Data available n=3708

   
  1. aMCS and PCS have a mean of 50 (±10) in the general US population. Higher scores indicate better HRQoL
  2. bmodified Medical Research Council scale: 0--I only get breathless with strenuous exercise; 1 -I get short of breath when hurrying on level ground or walking up a slight hill; 2 -On level ground, I walk slower than people of the same age because of breathlessness or have to stop for breath when walking; 3 -I stop for breath after walking about 100 yards or after a few minutes on level ground; 4 -I am too breathless to leave the house, or I am breathless when dressing
  3. cincludes FM, FS, IM, IS, IZ, MS, and other