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Table 1 Donor characterization

From: Diesel exhaust alters the response of cultured primary bronchial epithelial cells from patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae

 

COPD

SD

non-COPD

SD

Gender

5/2 (M/F)

-

4/1 (M/F)

-

AGE, years

62.57

7.41

66.60

2.70

BMI (%)

24.55

2.13

26.70

1.09

FEV1 (%predicted)

67.46

22.84

94.82

24.09

FEV1/FVC (%)a

54.83

9.20

75.51

4.49

Smoking history (never smoker/ex-/current smoker)

-/2/3b

-

1/3/1

-

  1. a p < 0.01 vs non-COPD subjects by Mann–Whitney t-test
  2. bNo information on smoking history available for two COPD donors