Table 1 Patient characteristics.
From: The effect of air pollution on the transcriptomics of the immune response to respiratory infection
Variable | Descriptions | Overall N = 111 (%) | Viral N = 66 (%) | Bacterial N = 20 (%) | Coinfection N = 25 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | 61.1 (26.1)* | 59.7 (26.7)* | 71.6 (25.9)* | 59.6 (17.9)* | |
Gender | Female | 64 (57.7) | 41 (62.1) | 10 (50) | 13 (52) |
Male | 47 (42.3) | 25 (37.9) | 10 (50) | 12 (48) | |
Race | Black | 25 (22.5) | 11 (16.7) | 7 (35) | 7 (28) |
Other | 2 (1.8) | 1 (1.5) | 1 (4) | ||
White | 84 (75.7) | 54 (81.8) | 13 (65) | 17 (68) | |
Ethnicity | Hispanic | 17 (15.3) | 10 (15.2) | 2 (10) | 5 (20) |
Non-Hispanic | 94 (84.7) | 56 (84.8) | 18 (90) | 20 (80) | |
Type of Residence | Home | 103 (92.8) | 61 (92.4) | 19 (95) | 23 (92) |
Diabetes | Diabetes | 38 (34.2) | 24 (36.4) | 6 (30) | 8 (32) |
CHF | Congestive heart failure | 19 (17.1) | 12(18.2) | 3 (15) | 4 (16) |
COPD | COPD | 42 (37.8) | 22 (33.3) | 9 (45) | 11 (44) |
CRF | Chronic renal failure | 1 (0.9) | 1 (4) | ||
BMI | 27.4 (13)* | 27.2 (14.6)* | 27.9 (11.1)* | 27.4 (9.8)* | |
BMI category | Underweight | 4 (4.6) | 1 (2) | 2 (11.8) | 1 (4.8) |
Normal | 31 (35.6) | 18 (36.7) | 5 (29.4) | 8 (38.1) | |
Overweight | 18 (20.7) | 11 (22.4) | 3 (17.6) | 4 (19) | |
Obese | 34 (39.1) | 19 (38.8) | 7 (41.2) | 8 (38.1) | |
Smoking status | Never | 30 (27) | 19 (28.8) | 6 (30) | 5 (20) |
Active (within 3 months) | 44 (39.6) | 23 (34.8) | 8 (40) | 13 (52) | |
Past | 37 (33.3) | 24 (36.4) | 6 (30) | 7 (28) | |
Oral Steroid | Yes | 12 (10.9) | 9 (13.8) | 1 (5) | 2 (8) |
No | 98 (89.1) | 56 (86.2) | 19 (95) | 23 (92) | |
Inhaled Steroid | Yes | 47(42.3) | 20 (30.3) | 13 (65) | 14 (56) |
No | 64 (57.7) | 46 (69.7) | 7 (35) | 11 (44) | |
Home O2 | Yes | 19 (17.1) | 10 (15.2) | 6 (30) | 3 (12) |
Flu vaccine | Yes | 66 (62.3) | 39 (61.9) | 16 (84.2) | 11 (45.8) |
Pneumonia vaccine | Yes | 56 (58.9) | 32 (60.4) | 13 (72.2) | 11 (45.8) |
