[Table/Fig-1]:

The clinical profile of the COPD patient population in the study.

	COPD patients (N = 75)
	Male (N=68)	Female (N=7)	Overall (mean)
Age, yrs*	62.13 (9.23)	61.71 (8.98)	62.09 (9.15)
Smoking index*	624.3 (550.1)	414 (584)	604.7 (552.7)
BMI*	19.676 (3.791)	22.33 (4.92)	19.923 (3.947)
FEV1, L*	1.1803 (0.4561)	0.8229 (0.2462)	1.1469 (0.4519)
FEV1 % pred*	51.16 (18.13)	50.29 (12.46)	51.08 (17.61)
CCQ score*	21.559 (7.632)	25.86 (7.67)	21.96 (7.687)
mMRC*	1.8235 (0.7715)	2.0 (0.577)	1.84 (0.7541)

*Mean±SD