Table 4. Regression Coefficients of the Association between Current Smoking and Biomarkers.

	FEV1/FVC	HDL	Log CRP	Leukocyte	Monocyte	Lymphocyte	Granulocyte
Sex (Female = 1)	0.023***	10.686***	0.100***	−0.208*	−0.035***	0.074	−0.230**
Education	0.000	0.232**	−0.006	−0.009	−0.001	−0.007	−0.002
Black	0.210***	7.365***	0.173***	−0.996***	−0.067***	0.086*	−1.033***
Hispanic	0.220***	−0.802	0.009	0.174	0.028	0.100	0.043
BMI	0.003***	−0.822***	0.036***	0.063***	0.005***	0.023***	0.036***
Age (60–69)	−0.020***	−0.988	0.047	0.105	0.014	0.025	0.060
Age (70–79)	−0.038***	−2.553**	0.092*	0.448***	0.027	−0.033	0.437***
Age (80+)	−0.039***	−2.606*	0.187***	0.960***	0.075***	0.027	0.841***
Smoking a	−0.075***	−3.785**	0.231***	2.210***	0.140***	0.437***	1.636***
Age (60–69) by Smoking	−0.011	2.210	−0.009	−0.524*	−0.029	−0.024	−0.471*
Age (70–79) by Smoking	0.002	4.449*	−0.010	−0.849**	−0.058*	−0.125	−0.688**
Age (80+) by Smoking	0.012	5.523*	−0.129	−1.538***	−0.089*	−0.344*	−1.102***
Constant	0.689	5.049	65.926	0.121	5.049	1.516	3.223
R-squared	.203	.172	.088	.149	.081	.042	.157
N	4075	4366	4334	4404	4323	4404	4323

* p<0.05; ** p<0.01; *** p<0.001

Results Based on separate OLS Regression Models

^aSmoking refers to current smoking