Table 5:
Correlation of GOLD criteria and clinical diagnosis of COPD in smokers and ethnic differences.
Ethnicity
GOLD Criteria
Cramer's V
Correlation Coefficient
p-value
Yes
No
Hispanic
Clinical diagnosis of COPD
Yes
39
70
0.306
0.000
No
16
137
Caucasian
Clinical diagnosis of COPD
Yes
199
91
0.295
0.000
No
96
149
GOLD: Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease