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. 2020 Jul 20;6(2):00192-2019. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00192-2019

TABLE 5.

Exhaled carbon monoxide values in healthy controls (HC), COPD patients and asthma patients

First author [ref.] Patients Smokers versus nonsmokers SHS
Cut-off ppm Sns Spc SHS Sns % Spc %
HC Middleton [12] 65 6 94% 96% NA NA NA
Chatrchaiwiwatana [5] 675 5 79.4% 91.2% NA NA NA
COPD Sato [14] 170 11 73.1% 84.7% NA NA NA
Asthma Sato [14] 170 10 85% 85.8% NA NA NA

Sns: sensitivity; Spc: specificity; SHS: second-hand smoke; NA: not available.