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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Aerosol Sci. 2016 Apr 30;99:27–39. doi: 10.1016/j.jaerosci.2016.01.019

Table A2. Individual deposition data for the total deposition studies in COPD subjects.

Subject Mouth Breathing

Flow = 0.3 L/s Flow = 0.75 L/s


dp=1 μm 2.9 μm 1 μm 2.9 μm
COPD1 37.8 (7.2) 73.1 (7.7) 37.7 (4.1) 59.4 (14.1)
COPD2 40.3 (4.2) 63.7 (5.3) 32.3 (3.4) 54.0 (3.3)
COPD3 52.1 (2.1) 65.0 (2.2) 34.4 (2.4) 55.7 (3.2)
COPD4 39.7 (2.1) 61.3 (2.8) 30.4 (1.9) 54.0 (3.3)
COPD5 37.1 (1.9) 60.5 (8.4) 27.4 (2.6)a 40.8 (3.8)a
COPD6 43.3 (1.6) 47.1 (3.4) 31.2 (1.9) 50.5 (4.1)

Data are shown as mean(SD) and are expressed in %. SD: standard deviation, dp: particle diameter.

a

Flow and tidal volume were 0.6 L/s and 0.76 L as subject was unable to breathe at a flow rate of 0.75 L/s.

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