Performed diagnostics and actual treatment | Asthma (n = 255) | COPD (n = 112) | Other (n = 465) | |||||||||
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n | % | OR | 95% CI | n | % | OR | 95% CI | n | % | OR | 95% CI | |
Sympathomimetics | (n = 167; 65.5%) | (n = 47; 42.0%) | (n = 36; 7.7%) | |||||||||
Medical history only | 9 | 3.5 | 0.22 | 0.10–0.51 | 7 | 6.3 | 1.35 | 0.56–3.26 | 10 | 2.2 | 4.97 | 2.05–12.02 |
Medical history and trial of medication | 52 | 20.4 | 7.99 | 3.06–20.85 | 4 | 3.6 | 2.93 | 0.51–16.71 | 8 | 1.7 | 31.48 | 8.95–111.2 |
Medical history and spirometry | 60 | 23.5 | 2.28 | 1.24–4.18 | 36 | 32.1 | 4.06 | 1.77–9.35 | 14 | 3.0 | 3.10 | 1.51–6.36 |
Medical history and PEF-measurement | 46 | 18.0 | 0.67 | 0.43–1.07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 4 | 1.0 | 2.39 | 0.77–7.36 |
Additional bronchial challenge test | 12 | 4.7 | 3.51 | 0.77–16.04 | 9 | 8.0 | 1.16 | 0.44–3.08 | 0 | 0 | 0.01 | 0–109 |
Additional chest X-ray | 22 | 8.6 | 1.02 | 0.48–2.17 | 22 | 19.6 | 1.98 | 0.91–4.31 | 6 | 1.0 | 1.91 | 0.75–4.86 |
Corticosteroids | (n = 96; 37.6%) | (n = 52; 46.4%) | (n = 28; 6.0%) | |||||||||
Medical history only | 4 | 1.6 | 0.23 | 0.08–0.66 | 9 | 8.0 | 2.22 | 0.85–5.78 | 5 | 1.0 | 2.37 | 0.78–7.23 |
Medical history and trial of medication | 20 | 7.8 | 0.91 | 0.49–1.68 | 3 | 2.7 | 1.16 | 0.22–6.03 | 5 | 1.05 | 13.99 | 4.11–47.64 |
Medical history and spirometry | 49 | 19.2 | 5.17 | 2.91–9.19 | 40 | 35.7 | 4.67 | 2.05–10.64 | 15 | 3.2 | 6.05 | 2.72–13.45 |
Medical history and PEF-measurement | 23 | 9.0 | 0.58 | 0.33–1.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0–14 × 104 | 3 | 1.0 | 2.26 | 0.63–8.04 |
Additional bronchial challenge test | 9 | 3.5 | 3.30 | 1.07–10.17 | 16 | 14.3 | 6.22 | 1.93–20.11 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0-0 |
Additional chest X-ray | 16 | 6.3 | 1.63 | 0.79–3.37 | 29 | 25.9 | 4.56 | 2.00–10.38 | 10 | 2.2 | 6.19 | 2.65–14.47 |
Cromoglycate | (n = 91; 35.7%) | (n = 16; 14.3%) | (n = 39; 8.4%) | |||||||||
Medical history only | 9 | 3.5 | 0.16 | 0.07–0.37 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.23 | 0.05–1.02 | 21 | 4.5 | 12.02 | 4.93–29.29 |
Medical history and trial of medication | 24 | 9.4 | 1.52 | 0.83–2.79 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0–1.6 × 1018 | 4 | 1.0 | 6.16 | 1.77–21.51 |
Medical history and spirometry | 23 | 9.0 | 0.74 | 0.42–1.32 | 10 | 8.9 | 1.07 | 0.40–2.86 | 10 | 2.2 | 1.70 | 0.89–3.25 |
Medical history and PEF-measurement | 35 | 13.7 | 1.74 | 1.01–3.00 | 5 | 4.5 | 14.1 | 2.96–67.18 | 4 | 1.0 | 2.17 | 0.71–6.65 |
Additional bronchial challenge test | 5 | 2.0 | 1.06 | 0.34–3.26 | 4 | 3.6 | 1.67 | 0.48–5.83 | 1 | 0 | 1.62 | 0.19–13.54 |
Additional chest X-ray | 9 | 3.5 | 0.65 | 0.29–1.46 | 5 | 4.5 | 0.73 | 0.23–2.25 | 8 | 1.7 | 2.58 | 1.11–6.01 |