Heme metabolism genes Downregulated in COPD Cachexia

Respiratory Research

Table 2 Sample Demographics. Descriptive values for COPDGene and ECLIPSE subjects with COPD and gene expression data. Unless otherwise noted values denote mean + (SD)

Demographic	COPDGene Study	ECLIPSE Study	P-value
N	400	114
Age	68.7 + 8.2	64.9 + 5.3	p < 0.05
Sex N(%)			p < 0.05
Male	241(60.3)	78 (68.4)
Female	159 (39.7)	36 (31.6)
FEV1pp (%)	52.7 + 18.4	50.5 + 15.1	0.20
Pack Years Smoking	52.6 + 25.3	47.6 + 28.3	0.08
BMI (kg/m²)	27.9 + 6.3	27.0 + 5.5	0.11

FEV1pp – Forced Expiratory Volume in One Second Percent Predicted, BMI - Body Mass Index, SD – Standard Deviation

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