Table 2

Characteristics of all study participants

N or mean (SD)COPD (N)Prevalence (%)
Age group, year
 ≤40131890.68
 41–6032541885.78
 >60142132422.80
Sex
 Male295939713.42
 Female30341244.09
Education status
 Under primary school4234811.34
 Primary school155718111.62
 Junior high school20221939.55
 Senior high school1405785.55
 Graduate and above586213.75
Smoking history
 Yes203934616.96
 No39541754.42
Occupational exposure
 Yes241929112.03
 No35742306.44
Biofuel exposure
 Yes247725410.25
 No35162677.59
Family history
 Yes4695912.58
 No55244628.36
History of childhood pneumonia in the hospital
 Yes1252217.60
 No58684998.50
Mother smoking during pregnancy
 Yes2773211.55
 No57164898.55
Mother exposed to second-hand smoking during pregnancy
 Yes30082658.81
 No29852568.58
Kitchen ventilation quality
 Bad32862969.01
 Common22121888.50
 Good495377.47
Environmental tobacco smoking exposure*
 037413569.52
 110901049.54
 21155605.19
 37114.29
Rural and urban distribution
 Rural38003789.95
 Urban21931436.52
Lung function outcomes
 FEV1, L2.61 (0.7)
 FVC, L3.21 (0.8)
 FEV1%pred, %97.63 (16.2)
 FVC%pred, %99.59 (15.5)
 FEV1/FVC, %81.45 (9.7)
  • Data were collected from all 5993 participants in the seven clusters.

  • *Environmental tobacco smoking exposure was defined using two added scores according to exposure at home and at the workplace.