Table 1 Participant characteristics.
From: Evaluation of telehealth support in an integrated respiratory clinic
Cohort | Asthma | COPD | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Telehealth | Control | Telehealth | Control | Telehealth | Control | |
N | 17 | 12 | 17 | 16 | 34 | 28 |
Demographics | ||||||
Age (years) | 62 [43,68] | 64 [56.3, 70.3] | 65 [59,70] | 69.5 [66, 72.5] | 64 [57,70] | 68.5 [61.8, 72] |
Male (%) | 7 (41.2) | 1 (8.33) | 8 (47.1) | 8 (50.0) | 15 (44.1) | 9 (32.1) |
BMI kg/m2 | 30.1 [27.3, 33.6] | 30.4 [25.2, 33.5] | 24.9 [22.6. 31.7] | 26.4 [23.4, 30.1] | 29.4 [24.5, 33.6] | 27.8 [24.6, 32.6] |
Lung function | ||||||
FEV1 % predicted | 70.4 ± 22.8 | 79.5 ± 17.4 | 54.4 ± 16.0 | 43.1 ± 22.3 | 62.1 ± 21.1 | 58.5 ± 27.2 |
FeNO ppb | 17 [11.5, 45] | 16 [9, 30.5] | 9 [6,12] | 18.5 [12, 27.8] | 12 [9,25] | 16 [9.5, 28.5] |
Smoking status | ||||||
Current smoker (%) | 5 (29.4) | 5 (41.7) | 10 (58.8) | 6 (37.5) | 15 (44.1) | 11 (39.3) |
Ex-smoker (%) | 9 (52.9) | 6 (50.0) | 7 (41.2) | 10 (62.5) | 16 (47.1) | 16 (57.1) |
Never smoker (%) | 3 (17.6) | 1 (8.3) | 0 | 0 | 3 (8.8) | 1 (3.6) |
Comorbidities | ||||||
≥1 (%) | 10 (58.8) | 7 (58.3) | 14 (82.4) | 15 (93.8) | 24 (70.6) | 22 (78.6) |
Cardiovascular (%) | 7 (41.2) | 5 (41.7) | 5 (29.4) | 9 (56.3) | 12 (35.3) | 14 (50) |
Gastrointestinal (%) | 6 (35.3) | 2 (16.7) | 5 (29.4) | 6 (37.5) | 11 (32.4) | 8 (28.6) |
Diabetes (%) | 6 (35.3) | 1 (8.3) | 4 (23.5) | 5 (31.3) | 10 (29.4) | 6 (21.4) |
