Table 1

Demographic characteristics of the study population

	Tiotropium, n=4767		LABA^*, n=6073
	n	%	n	%
Age group
40–49	149	3	362	6
50–59	641	13	943	16
60–69	1391	29	1730	28
70–79	1759	37	1991	33
80–89	769	16	976	16
90+	58	1	71	1
Sex
Male	2707	57	3073	51
Female	2060	43	3000	49
Body mass index
Low	634	13	613	10
Normal	1500	31	1799	30
Overweight	1413	30	1895	31
Obese	1012	21	1467	24
Missing	208	4	299	5
Smoking
Never	562	12	1077	18
Current	1765	37	1812	30
Former	2343	49	2960	49
Missing	97	2	224	4

↵* Long-acting β-agonist single-ingredient formulations.