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Table 4 Description and between-arms comparison of the clinical features

From: Spirometry as a motivator for smoking cessation among patients attending the smoking cessation clinic of Monastir

Variables

Total

Control group

Spirometry group

p-value

Anamneses

  History of cardiovascular disease: n (%)

83 (17.4)

44 (18.0)

39 (16.7)

0.725

  History of pulmonary disease: n (%)

39 (08.1)

27 (11.0)

17 (07.3)

0.163

  History of psychiatric disease: n (%)

13 (02.7)

8 (03.3)

5 (02.1)

0.452

  History of diabetes: n (%)

88 (18.2)

48 (19.6)

42 (18.0)

0.662

    Number of comorbidities: n (%)

      0

298 (62.3)

129 (52,7)

169 (72.5)

0.093

      1

140 (29.3)

86 (35.1)

54 (23.2)

 

      2

38 (07.9)

29 (11.8)

9 (3.9)

 

      3

02 (0.4)

1 (0.4)

1 (0.4)

 

  Symptom, dyspnea: n (%)

295 (65.7)

152 (67.9)

143 (63.6)

0.337

  Symptom, couth: n (%)

276 (61.6)

150 (61.7)

135 (57.4)

0.340

  Symptom, chest pain: n (%)

197 (44.1)

107 (48.2)

90 (40.0)

0.081

  Symptom, epigastralgia: n (%)

182 (40.6)

95 (42.6)

87 (38.7)

0.397

  Symptom, dental damage: n (%)

332 (67.3)

173 (70.6)

159 (67.7)

0.484

  Other symptoms: n (%)

29 (06.5)

12 (05.4)

17 (07.6)

0.356

Clinical examination

  Weight: mean ± SD

77.56 ± 17.08

76.22 ± 15.91

78,84 ± 18.08

0.126

  Height: mean ± SD

174.52 ± 8.87

174.01 ± 07.87

174,99 ± 9.68

0.269

  BMI: mean ± SD

25.54 ± 4.79

25.26 ± 04.70

25,79 ± 4.86

0.291

  Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP): mean ± SD

124.81 ± 18.14

121.81 ± 19.52

121,72 ± 16.69

0.957

  Diastolic Blood Pressure (DBP): mean ± SD

75.14 ± 13.27

75.50 ± 10.16

76,97 ± 10.41

0.198

  Capillary glycemia (Dextro): mean ± SD

1.16 ± 0.45

1.21 ± 0.52

1,13 ± 0.39

0.137

  CO-Oxymetry: mean ± SD

11.07 ± 6.750

10.63 ± 6.53

11,57 ± 6.98

0.159