Table 1.

Clinical characteristics and body composition of control and COPD patients

	Control n = 25	COPD n = 14	Asthma n = 25
Age (years)	51.78 ± 6.83	54.70 ± 5.87	37.92 ± 14.22
Height (cm)	171.78 ± 4.32	165.20 ± 12.40	175.25 ± 8.14
Weight (kg)	87.73 ± 20.91	91.33 ± 35.50	82.51 ± 15.89
Body mass index	29.54 ± 6.01	26.11 ± 3.44	33.38 ± 7.97*

^*P < 0.05 vs asthmatics