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Table 1 Socio-demographics and smoking status

From: PRevalence of the Eosinophilic Phenotype Among SeveRE asthma patients in Lebanon: results of the PREPARE study

 

Study population

N = 101

N (%)

Age, in years

 

 [12–34]

25 (24.8%)

 [34–47]

24 (23.8%)

 [47–60]

25 (24.8%)

 ≥ 60

27 (26.7%)

Educational level

 

 Elementary

22 (21.8%)

 High school

19 (18.8%)

 Graduate

35 (34.7%)

 Post-graduate

24 (23.8%)

Insurance coverage

 

 Full

47 (46.5%)

 Partial

30 (29.7%)

 None

23 (22.8%)

Smoking status

 

 Never

61 (60.4%)

 Former

22 (21.8%)

  Number of cigarettes per day

15.6 ± 9.2

  Number of years of smoking

16.2 ± 11.4

  Number of years since quitting

10.9 ± 9.2

 Current

8 (17.8%)

  Number of cigarettes per day

13.1 ± 11.4

  Numbers of years of smoking

17.3 ± 12.1

BMI categories

N (%)

 Severely underweight (< 16.5 kg/m2)

1 (1.0%)

 Underweight (< 18.5 kg/m2)

2 (2.0%)

 Normal weight ([18.5–25 kg/m2])

35 (34.7%)

 Overweight ([25–30 kg/m2])

35 (34.7%)

 Obese (≥ 30 kg/m2)

28 (27.6%)

  1. BMI: body mass index; SD: standard deviation