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Table 2 Characteristics of the study population

From: The health status of Q-fever patients after long-term follow-up

Characteristics

Q-fever

COPD-

Healthy

Total

Ā 

Age <50

>50 yrs

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 
Ā 

N = 238

(%)

N = 277

(%)

N = 128

(%)

N = 65

(%)

N = 708

Gender

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

ā€ƒā€ƒā€ƒMale

140

(58.8)

166

(59.9)

86

(67.2)

47

(72.3)

439

ā€ƒā€ƒā€ƒFemale

98

(41.2)

111

(40.1)

42

(32.8)

18

(27.7)

269

Age

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

ā€ƒā€ƒā€ƒMean

40.4

Ā 

60.3

Ā 

62.5

Ā 

63.5

Ā 

56.7

ā€ƒā€ƒā€ƒSD

7.4

Ā 

7.6

Ā 

6.9

Ā 

6.6

Ā Ā 

Current smoking

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

ā€ƒā€ƒā€ƒYes

96

(40.3)

71

(26.6)

11

(8.9)

11

(16.9)

189

ā€ƒā€ƒā€ƒNo

137

(57.6)

196

(73.4)

113

(91.1)

54

(83.1)

500

Education-level

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

ā€ƒā€ƒā€ƒLow

56

(23.5)

97

(35.5)

62

(50.4)

20

(30.8)

235

ā€ƒā€ƒā€ƒAverage

120

(50.4)

126

(46.2)

38

(30.9)

26

(40.0)

310

ā€ƒā€ƒā€ƒHigh

60

(25.2)

50

(18.3)

23

(18.7)

19

(29.2)

152

  1. Q-fever patients younger and older than 50 years, Norm groups Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease- and healthy individuals. Q-fever patients >50 currently smoke significantly more than COPD-controls. None of the other characteristics differ significantly (logistic regression).