Identifying airway obstruction in primary care: is there a role for physiotherapists?

BMC Primary Care

Table 2 Spirometry results

	TOTAL n = 145	AT RISK of COPD n = 114	EXISTING COPD n = 31
Mean post-bronchodilator FEV₁/FVC (SD)	0.74 (0.1)	0.77 (0.1)	0.62 (0.1)
Mean post-bronchodilator FEV₁ (SD)	2.43 (0.9)	2.63 (1.0)	1.64 (0.7)
Airway obstruction (FEV₁/FVC ≤ 0.7)	43 (30%)	19 (17%)	24 (77%)
GOLD Stage I	14 (10%)	9 (8%)	5 (16%%)
GOLD Stage II	27 (19%)	10 (9%)	17 (55%)
GOLD Stage III	2 (1%)	0 (0%)	2 (6%)
GOLD Stage IV	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
No obstruction	99 (68%)	95 (83%)	7 (23%)

Data are presented as Number (%) unless indicated otherwise
Abbreviations: COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, FEV₁ Forced expiratory volume in one second, FVC Forced vital capacity, GOLD Global initiative for chronic obstructive lung disease, SD Standard deviation
COPD GOLD staging classification¹⁷—Stage 1: FEV₁ ≥ 80%; Stage 2: FEV₁ 50–79%; Stage 3: FEV₁ 30–49%; Stage 4: FEV₁ < 30%

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