Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of health control, stable COPD patients, AECOPD patients and lung cancer patients
| Parameter | Health Control(28) |
COPD Patients(38) |
AECOPD Patients(24) |
COPD complicating Lung cancer (57) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (year) | 67.1 ± 10.2 | 67.4 ± 6.3 | 68.6 ± 8.1 | 69.6 ± 9.4 |
| Gender (male/female) | 18/10 | 22/16 | 15/9 | 36/21 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 22.8 ± 4.1 | 22.1 ± 3.3 | 22.6 ± 2.8 | 22.1 ± 3.8 |
|
Smoke history (Yes/No) |
11/17 | 22/16 | 15/9 | 31/26 |
| Type of cancer | / | / | / | Non-small cell lung cancer |
| FEV1 (L) | 1.99 ± 0.41 | 0.97 ± 0.45* | 1.00 ± 0.47* | 0.98 ± 0.37* |
| FEV1(% predicted) | 93.6 ± 7.4 | 42.2 ± 14.9* | 44.2 ± 13.8* | 41.5 ± 5.8* |
| FEV1/FVC (%) | 77.6 ± 3.1 | 47.8 ± 13.2* | 49.5 ± 11.3* | 47.8 ± 8.2* |
*p<0.05