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. 2012 Mar 7;7(3):e33277. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033277

Table 1. COPD patient characteristics.

GOLD Criteria n M∶F Age (range) Pack Years (range) % using ICS #Total daily ICS dose (range)
II 9 5∶4 64 (56–72) 40 (20–70) 3/9 (33%) 311 (0–1000)
III 9 6∶3 70 (60–75) 35 (20–150) 5/9 (56%) 566 (0–1000)
IV 11 7∶4 74 (69–80) 45 (20–116) 10/11 (91%) 1070 (0–1600)
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Total daily ICS dose (beclamethasone equivalents), based on the assumption that 1 µg.

beclomethasone = 1 µg Budesonide = 0.5 µg Fluticasone.