Table 2

The overall distribution of patients, number of deaths and number of hospital admissions for severe exacerbations in mild, moderate and severe groups across the seven cohorts

No. of patients per groupMortalityHospital admissions
Mild, n (%)Moderate, n (%)Severe, n (%)Mild, n (%)Moderate, n (%)Severe, n (%)Mild, n (%)Moderate, n (%)Severe, n (%)
Dundee, Scotland (n=494)
 BSI136 (27.5)211 (42.7)147 (29.8)1 (0.7)13 (6.2)28 (19.0)3 (2.2)24 (11.4)75 (51.0)
 FACED303 (61.3)145 (29.4)46 (9.3)12 (4.0)15 (10.3)15 (32.6)44 (14.5)45 (31.0)13 (28.3)
Galway, Ireland (n=280)
 BSI109 (38.9)92 (32.9)79 (28.2)8 (7.3)11 (12.0)25 (31.6)2 (1.8)6 (6.5)30 (38.0)
 FACED217 (77.5)53 (18.9)10 (3.6)23 (10.6)19 (35.8)2 (20.0)18 (8.3)15 (28.3)5 (50.0)
Monza, Italy (n=250)
 BSI67 (26.8)104 (41.6)79 (31.6)0 (0)3 (2.9)11 (13.9)10 (14.9)27 (25.9)55 (69.6)
 FACED135 (54.0)88 (35.2)27 (10.8)3 (2.2)4 (4.5)7 (25.9)40 (29.6)34 (38.6)18 (66.7)
Leuven, Belgium (n=190)
 BSI51 (26.8)63 (33.2)76 (40.0)2 (3.9)16 (25.4)26 (34.2)6 (11.8)18 (28.6)34 (44.7)
 FACED100 (52.6)65 (34.2)25 (13.2)9 (9.0)19 (29.2)16 (64.0)23 (23.0)22 (33.8)13 (52.0)
Athens, Greece (n=159)
 BSI36 (22.6)43 (27.0)80 (50.3)0 (0)0 (0)9 (11.3)1 (2.8)7 (16.3)27 (33.8)
 FACED104 (65.4)35 (22.0)20 (12.6)0 (0)4 (11.4)5 (25.0)17 (16.3)9 (25.7)9 (45.0)
Newcastle, England (n=126)
 BSI21 (16.7)25 (19.8)80 (63.5)0 (0)1 (4.0)15 (18.8)0 (0)5 (20.0)52 (65.0)
 FACED91 (72.2)27 (21.4)8 (6.3)6 (6.6)7 (25.9)3 (37.5)37 (40.7)15 (55.6)5 (62.5)
Vojvodina, Serbia (n=113)
 BSI41 (36.3)48 (42.5)24 (21.2)0 (0)12 (25.0)8 (33.3)0 (0)1 (2.1)12 (50)
 FACED60 (53.1)44 (38.9)9 (8.0)4 (6.7)13 (29.5)3 (33.3)2 (3.3)10 (22.7)1 (11.1)
Total (n=1612)
 BSI461 (28.6)586 (36.4)565 (35.1)11 (2.4)56 (9.5)122 (21.6)22 (4.8)88 (15.0)285 (49.6)
 FACED1010 (62.7)457 (28.3)145 (9.0)57 (5.6)81 (17.7)51 (35.1)181 (17.9)150 (32.8)64 (44.1)
  • BSI, Bronchiectasis Severity Index.