Table Info

Table 1.

Patient demographics and medical characteristics (n = 210)

Parameter	Frequency (%)
Gender
Male	106 (50.5)
Female	104 (49.5)
Age categories (years)
< 35	41 (19.5)
35−44	43 (20.5)
45−54	29 (13.8)
55−64	43 (20.5)
≥ 65	54 (25.7)
Smoking status
Non-smoker	128 (61.0)
Ex-smoker	15 (7.1)
Smoker	67 (31.9)
Health status
Healthy	36 (17.1)
With chronic illnesses	174 (82.9)
Most common chronic illnesses
Diabetes mellitus	75 (35.7)
Hypertension	74 (35.2)
Bronchiectasis	25 (11.9)
Myocardial infarction	21 (10.0)
Insurance type
Public	202 (96.2)
Private	8 (3.8)

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Author contributions

SS: Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing. RI: Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing. KAH: Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing. RKAF: Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing.

Conflicts of interest

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Ethical approval

The research protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board at JUH (Approval number R023/28293).

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