Table 2– Prevalence of modified Medical Research Council (mMRC) dyspnoea grades, stratified by health status and sex
AllLow riskMalesFemales
AllLow riskAllLow risk
Subjects n948443294640215948442170
mMRC grade 0738480896778
mMRC grade 114121181615
mMRC grade 2735295
mMRC grade 34120.752
mMRC grade 420.320.120.5
  • Data are presented as %, unless otherwise stated. The low risk for dyspnoea subgroup of study participants was defined as those without post-pronchodilator (BD) airflow restriction, spirometric chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or pre-BD airflow obstruction, or self-reported heart disease, asthma, attacks of wheezing and dyspnoea, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, COPD, tuberculosis or lung cancer.