Table 1.
Patient Characteristics and ACE2 Expression
| β Value | Standard Error | p Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thoracic surgery cohort | Age | 0.0014 | 0.0086 | 0.8700 |
| BMI | −0.0199 | 0.0127 | 0.1193 | |
| Smoking pack years | 0.0081 | 0.0025 | 0.0015∗∗ | |
| Race: Caucasian = 0; not Caucasian = 1 | 0.1910 | 0.1663 | 0.2527 | |
| Sex: female = 0, male = 1 | 0.3335 | 0.1338 | 0.0138∗ | |
| Tracheal epithelium cohort | Age | −0.0027 | 0.0080 | 0.7364 |
| Smoking status: never smoker = 0; current smoker = 1 | 0.5638 | 0.1269 | 7 × 10−5∗∗∗ | |
| Race: Caucasian = 0; not Caucasian = 1 | 0.1252 | 0.1331 | 0.3527 | |
| Sex: female = 0; male = 1 | 0.2538 | 0.1328 | 0.0632 |