Pulmonary Medicine / 2023 / Article / Tab 1 / Research Article
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Cameroon: Prevalence and Predictors—A Multisetting Community-Based Study Table 1 Characteristics of the population enrolled in COPD community study, Cameroon, 2014-2018. Categorical data are expressed as counts (%) and continuous data as median (1st , 3rd quartiles).
Sections Variables Sample size Values Sociodemographic data Age, continuous (years) 5 055 43 (30, 56) Age, categorical (years) 5 055 19–39 2 046 (40.5) 40-59 1 989 (39.3) 60-79 921 (18.2) 80+ 99 (2.0) Sex 5 055 Female 2 774 (54.9) Male 2 281 (45.1) Education 5 051 University 641 (12.7) Secondary 1 226 (24.3) Primary 2 185 (43.3) None 999 (19.8) Residency 5 055 City 3 569 (70.6) Suburban or rural 1 486 (29.4) Marital status 5021 Couple 2 356 (46.8) Single 2 675 (53.2) Socioeconomic level 5 022 High 1 011 (20.1) Intermediate 2 018 (40.2) Low 1 993 (39.7) Ethnic group 5 046 Bantu 1 556 (30.8) Semi-Bantu 2 761 (54.7) Sudanese, Fulani, or mixed 729 (14.4) Lifestyle and exposures Tobacco smoking 5 038 827 (16.4) Smoking in pack-years 5 038 None 4 211 (83.6) ≤20 670 (13.3) 21–39 99 (2.0) ≥40 58 (1.2) Alcohol consumption 3 755 Abstinent 299 (8.0) Former 2463 (65.7) Occasional 219 (5.8) Regular 774 (20.6) Biomass fuel exposure 5 055 3 446 (68.2) Past medical history History of tuberculosis 5 053 135 (2.7) History of asthma 5 050 126 (2.5) History of pneumonia 5 050 117 (2.3) Comorbidities Heart disease 5 051 44 (0.9) Hypertension 5 053 438 (8.7) Diabetes mellitus 5 052 132 (2.6) Clinical presentation Chronic bronchitis 2 610 99 (3.8) Chronic expectoration 1 358 86 (6.3) Dyspnea 5 055 485 (9.6) Weight category 5 051 Normal 1 921 (38.0) Lean 111 (2.2) Overweight 1 635 (32.4) Obese 1 384 (27.4)
COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.