Table 3.

Characteristics of patients for CD4⁺ cells isolation and stimulation

Patient number	Sex	Age yrs.	BMI kg/m2	Smoking index p.y	FEV1% pred
1	male	72	22.9	30	40.6
2	male	64	24.2	80	22.0
3	male	74	23.5	50	74.3
4	male	69	23.7	40	33.9
5	male	72	22.2	60	64.2
6	male	71	21.1	45	26.3
7	male	57	25.6	20	36.9
8	male	64	16.7	30	16.1
9	male	48	22.5	30	60.3
10	male	66	28.0	40	25.0
11	male	67	19.3	40	45.0
12	male	54	26.3	80	33.8

BMI body mass index, p.y pack-yrs, FEV₁ forced expiratory volume in 1 sec, %pred %predicted