Distribution characteristics of the St George’s Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) scores according to sex in the subsample of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseas (COPD) patients, participants with history of asthma and healthy group
| Symptoms | Activity | Impacts | Overall | |
| Healthy individuals | ||||
| M (n=143) | 7.63±10.83 (6.28–8.99) | 7.10±10.48 (5.78–8.41) | 2.36±5.02 (1.73–2.99) | 4.84±6.30 (4.05–5.63) |
| F (n=164) | 6.49±9.57 (5.46–7.51) | 13.13±15.73 (11.45–4.81) | 3.47±7.66 (2.65–4.29) | 7.14±8.83 (6.19–8.08) |
| p‐value# | 0.18 | *** | * | *** |
| COPD Patients | ||||
| M (n=275) | 22.55±18.01 (18.28–26.82) | 24.28±23.24 (18.75–29.81) | 12.82±15.94 (9.03–6.60) | 18.18±16.68 (14.21–22.15) |
| F (n=78) | 12.43±13.9 (6.59–18.27) | 19.52±25.45 (8.83–30.20) | 8.05±13.11 (2.54–13.55) | 12.55±15.61 (6.00–19.10) |
| p‐value# | ** | 0.42 | 0.21 | 0.17 |
| Asthma | ||||
| M (n=39) | 32.82±25.46 (20.34–45.28) | 29.24±25.91 (16.56–41.92) | 16.45±16.92 (8.16–24.74) | 23.15±19.52 (13.6–2.70) |
| F (n=43) | 26.34±20.42 (16.19–36.49) | 29.53±26.69 (15.26–43.80) | 15.61±19.53 (5.89–25.33) | 21.68±20.68 (11.39–1.97) |
| p‐value# | 0.44 | 0.98 | 0.89 | 0.84 |
Data are presented as mean±sd (95% confidence interval) unless otherwise stated
M: male
F: female
COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
#: comparison between SGRQ score from M and F
*: p<0.05
**: p<0.01
p<0.001