UK | France | P value | |
Number of patients experiencing a severe AECOPD (%)* | 1666 (12.0) | 457 (5.4) | <0.0001 |
Mean number of severe AECOPD events per patient† (SD) | 1.3 (0.7) | 1.2 (0.5) | <0.0001 |
*The denominator is the number of patients included for year 2017, that is, patients matching all inclusion criteria (UK n=13 939 and France n=8528).
†In patients with at least one exacerbation.
AECOPD, acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.