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Table 1 Variables and point values used in BODE-index and HADO score

From: BODE-Index vs HADO-Score in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Which one to use in general practice?

BODE-index

value

HADO-score

value

FEV1%

 

FEV1%

 

≤65

0

≤65

3

50 to 64

1

50 to 64

2

36 to 49

2

36 to 49

1

≤35

3

≤35

0

Dyspnea scale

 

Dyspnea scale

 

0 to 1

0

1

3

2

1

2

2

3

2

3

1

4

3

4 to 5

0

6 MWT (m)

 

Physical Activity

 

≥350

0

3

3

250 to 349

1

2

2

150 to 249

2

1

1

≤149

3

0

0

BMI

 

Health status

 

>21

0

very good/excelent

3

≤21

1

good

2

  

fair

1

  

bad

0

  1. - FEV1% = forced expiratory volume in one second (% of predicted). Based on the stages of the American Thoracic Society.
  2. - Dyspnea scale. 16,17
  3. - Physical Activity: 0) 'doesn't leave the house, life is limited to the bed or armchair, or to doing some domestic chores', or 'leaves the house, but walks less than 100 meters'; 1) 'leaves the house and walks a few hundred meters, runs errands, but does not walk regularly'; 2) 'engages in physical activity in the vegetable garden', or 'takes walks for up to 8 kms, no less than five days a week'; and 3) 'takes walks regularly for longer than 8 kms, no less than five days a week', or 'practices sports'
  4. - 6MWT = distance in meters walked in six minutes.