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Table 2 Proportion of contacts to GP with at least one respiratory alarm symptom by gender, age, smoking status, alcohol intake and body mass index

From: Lifestyle factors and contact to general practice with respiratory alarm symptoms—a population-based study

 

Symptom experience

Contact to GP

 

n

n

%*

95 % CI

P-valuea

Total

7 870

3 080

39.6

38.5–40.7

 

Gender

    

0.047

 Men

3 978

1 483

38.5

37.7–40.1

 

 Women

3 892

1 597

40.7

39.2–42.3

 

Age

    

<0.001

 20–39

1 643

435

26.7

24.6–29.0

 

 40–59

2 794

989

35.6

33.8–37.4

 

 60–79

3 044

1 462

48.7

46.9–50.3

 

  > 80

389

194

52.7

47.5–50.5

 

Smoking status

    

<0.001

 Never

2 480

979

39.5

37.5–41.4

 

 Former

2 488

1 196

48.1

46.1–50.1

 

 Current

2 519

788

31.3

29.5–33.1

 

Alcohol intake

    

<0.001

 0 units/week

813

383

47.1

43.6–50.6

 

 1–7 units/week

3 114

1750

39.5

38.0–40.9

 

 8–21 units/week

1 828

685

37.5

35.2–39.7

 

  ≥ 22 units/week

409

144

35.2

30.6–40.1

 

Body Mass Index

    

<0.001

 Underweight (<18.5)

154

64

41.6

33.7–49.8

 

 Normal (18.5–24.9)

3 214

1 201

37.4

35.7–39.1

 

 Overweight (25–29.9)

2 644

1 048

39.6

37.8–41.5

 

 Obese (≥30)

1 435

631

44.0

41.4–46.6

 
  1. aTested for difference between groups with chi-square test
  2. *Percentages might not fully match to total numbers due to missings. Missings do not exceed 1 %