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. 2016 Jan 22;16:16. doi: 10.1186/s12890-016-0178-4

Table 2.

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by PFT

Classification n M/Fa Mean age Race Smoking status Pack years FEV1%d FEV1/FVCe
in years C/AA/Otherb current/former smokedc
No COPD 133 65 / 68 62 113 / 16 / 4 46 / 87 45 80 0.78
COPD (all) 157 97 / 60 63 145 / 12 / 0 50 / 107 56 58 0.52
COPD (stage 1) 45 32 / 12 62 41 / 4 / 0 22 / 23 54 76 0.59
COPD (stage 2) 77 48 / 29 64 73 / 4 / 0 22 / 55 57 57 0.55
COPD (stage 3) 26 15 / 11 64 23 / 3 / 0 5 / 21 53 35 0.39
COPD (stage 4) 7 2 / 5 63 7 / 0 / 0 1 / 6 65 22 0.27
COPD (stage unknown) 2 1 / 1 66 1 / 1 / 0 0 / 2 66 - 0.57
Unknown 94 50 / 44 63 85 / 9 / 0 35 / 6 0 50 - -

aM = male, F = female

bC = Caucasian, AA = African-American, Other = other race or race not reported

cPack years = packs of cigarettes smoked per day x years of smoking

dFEV1% = forced expiratory volume in 1 second, percent of expected

eFEV1/FVC = FEV1/Forced Vital Capacity