Table 1 Anthropometric data, preexisting conditions and medication of study patients. Percentages are based on the number of available data for each group.
Overall | Groups | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No findings | Only pleural findings | Asbestosis score 2–3 with and without pleural findings | Asbestosis score ≥ 4 with and without pleural findings | Only emphysema | Mixed findings | ||
n = 371 | n = 82 | n = 97 | n = 17 | n = 22 | n = 40 | n = 113 | |
Median (range) | |||||||
Age (years) | 71 (53–85) | 65 (55–84) | 72 (56–85) | 71 (59–80) | 76.5 (60–85) | 66 (54–81) | 72 (53–85) |
Height (m) | 1.74 (1.56–1.98) | 1.77 (1.62–1.98) | 1.74 (1.56–1.95) | 1.77 (1.69–1.89) | 1.73 (1.61–1.89) | 1.76 (1.61–1.94) | 1.73 (1.6–1.89) |
Weight (kg) | 89 (56–151) | 93 (59–141) | 85 (64–136) | 91 (79–103) | 88 (64–122) | 88 (58–128) | 86 (56–151) |
Body Mass Index (BMI) | 29 (19.4–48.4) | 30.1 (21.6–41.5) | 28.2 (22.1–39.7) | 29.6 (25.9–31.9) | 28.9 (24.3–40.1) | 28.7 (19.4–43.5) | 28.5 (21.1–48.4) |
Smoking (n = 353) | |||||||
Never smokers [n (%)] | 80 (23) | 19 (25) | 24 (26) | 5 (29) | 5 (23) | 7 (18) | 20 (19) |
Active smokers [n (%)] | 59 (17) | 16 (21) | 13 (14) | 2 (12) | 1 (5) | 15 (38) | 12 (11) |
Former smokers [n (%)] | 214 (61) | 42 (54) | 55 (60) | 10 (59) | 16 (72) | 17 (44) | 74 (70) |
Pack years [median (range)] | 29 (0–180) | 35 (0–156) | 15.5 (0–96) | 39 (0–97) | 26 (0–180) | 42 (0–140) | 25.5 (0–140) |
Occupational exposure | |||||||
Asbestos exposure duration (years) [median (range)] (n = 330) | 20 (0.1–151) | 15 (0.2–40) | 25 (1–58.6) | 22 (6–151) | 29 (5–41) | 13.5 (0.1–44) | 22 (2.9–46) |
Cumulative asbestos exposure (fibre years) [median (range)] (n = 192) | 21 (0.1–755) | 18 (0.1–501.3) | 26 (1.3–754.6) | 27.8 (10.5–308.6) | 27.5 (9–116.2) | 20 (0.1–332.2) | 25.9 (0.1–523.7) |
History of (n = 303)* | n (%) | ||||||
COPD | 55 (18) | 7 (22) | 14 (23) | 2 (13) | 2 (12) | 9 (28) | 21 (26) |
Asthma bronchiale | 11 (4) | 1 (3) | 3 (5) | 1 (6) | 1 (6) | 2 (6) | 3 (4) |
Pulmonary hypertension | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Cardiac insufficiency | 9 (3) | 1 (3) | 2 (3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 4 (13) | 2 (2) |
Congestive heart disease | 88 (29) | 11 (34) | 20 (33) | 6 (38) | 9 (53) | 11 (34) | 31 (38) |
Heart valve disease | 14 (5) | 2 (6) | 3 (5) | 2 (13) | 1 (6) | 1 (3) | 5 (6) |
Diabetes mellitus | 62 (20) | 10 (32) | 19 (31) | 5 (30) | 4 (23) | 5 (16) | 19 (24) |
