Table 1.

Baseline Clinical Characteristics of FHS Participants With Spirometry Measures of Pulmonary Function (N = 6,276)

Characteristic	Mean	SD
Age, y	48.3	13.4
Height, in	66.7	3.72
BMI	27.4	5.42
Pack-years of smoking	9.27	16.71
Plasma sRAGE, pg/mL	3,585	1,150
FEV1, L	3.22	0.90
FVC, L	4.24	1.09
FEV1/FVC	0.76	0.074
	No.	%
Women	3,360	53.5
COPD	1,161	18.5
Current smoker	979	15.6
Never smoker	3,266	52.0
Former smoker	2,031	32.4

sRAGE = soluble receptor for advanced glycation end-products.