Table 2 Prevalence of PH in COPD patients according to number of admissions and emergency room visits in the year before the index date.
From: A prevalence study focusing on hospitalized COPD related pulmonary hypertension
Overall | Male | Female | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
COPD patients | COPD-related PH, N (%) | Pc | COPD patients | COPD-related PH, N (%) | Pc | COPD patients | COPD-related PH, N (%) | Pc | |
Overall | 215,292 | 8,596 (3.99) | 164,315 | 6612 (4.02) | 50,977 | 1,984 (3.89) | |||
Number of admissions with a principal diagnosis of COPD in the year before the index date | |||||||||
1 | 165,287 | 5,009 (3.03) | < 0.01 | 123,206 | 3642 (2.96) | < 0.01 | 42,081 | 1,367 (3.25) | < 0.01 |
2 | 31,253 | 1,865 (5.97) | 25,099 | 1506 (6.00) | 6154 | 359 (5.83) | |||
3 ≧ | 18,752 | 1,722 (9.18) | 16,010 | 1464 (9.14) | 2742 | 256 (9.41) | |||
Average hospital stay, days | |||||||||
< 7 | 94,642 | 3,102 (3.28) | < 0.01 | 73,240 | 2393 (3.27) | < 0.01 | 21,402 | 709 (3.31) | < 0.01 |
7–13 | 82,259 | 3,608 (4.39) | 61,859 | 2801 (4.53) | 20,400 | 807 (3.96) | |||
14 ≧ | 38,391 | 1,886 (4.91) | 29,216 | 1418 (4.85) | 9175 | 468 (5.10) | |||
Number of emergency room visits with a principal diagnosis of COPD in the year before the index date | |||||||||
1 | 43,127 | 2,004 (4.65) | < 0.01 | 35,172 | 1597 (4.54) | < 0.01 | 7955 | 407 (5.12) | < 0.01 |
2 | 14,548 | 969 (6.66) | 12,448 | 812 (6.52) | 2100 | 157 (7.48) | |||
3 ≧ | 13,428 | 1,207 (8.99) | 12,039 | 1079 (8.96) | 1389 | 128 (9.22) | |||
