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Table 1 Demographics and clinical characteristics among controls and COPD patients

From: Reduced airway levels of fatty-acid binding protein 4 in COPD: relationship with airway infection and disease severity

 

Controls (n = 29)

COPD (n = 52)

P value

Age

55.0 ± 12.3

65.2 ± 7.9

0.0002

Male, n (%)

22 (75.9)

34 (65.4)

0.6

BMI (kg/m2)

28.7 ± 9.7

26.3 ± 4.7

0.7

Smoking status, n (%)

 Never

5 (17.2)

0 (0.0)

< 0.0001

 Former

10 (34.5)

41 (78.8)

 

 Current

14 (48.3)

11 (21.1)

 

Pack-years

26.0 ± 19.0

43.5 ± 19.2

0.002

FEV1 (% pred)

97 ± 16

59 ± 16

< 0.0001

FVC (% pred)

92 ± 15

85 ± 16

0.07

FEV1/FVC

0.79 ± 0.05

0.52 ± 0.14

< 0.0001

  1. Data is presented as mean ± SD unless otherwise indicated
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Respiratory Research

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