Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the subjects included
| Dis1 | Dis2 | Dis3 | Dis4 | Dis5 | Dis6 | Con1 | Con2 | Con3 | Con4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | Male | Male | Male | Female | Male | Male | Female | Male | Male | Male |
| Age | 61 | 60 | 64 | 62 | 38 | 70 | 54 | 59 | 53 | 47 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 21.0 | 18.0 | 19.5 | 21.4 | 23.1 | 18.6 | 23.9 | 21.5 | 21.0 | 22.0 |
| Smoke* | Yes | Yes | Yes | None | Yes | Yes | None | None | None | None |
| CAT | 13 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 20 | ||||
| sNEU (%) | 72.93 | 95.31 | 90.37 | 88.72 | ||||||
| sLYM (%) | 2.63 | 1.27 | 1.17 | 1.43 | ||||||
| sMAC (%) | 23.3 | 1.27 | 5.89 | 8.39 | ||||||
| sEOS (%) | 1.12 | 2.12 | 2.55 | 1.43 | ||||||
| FVC (L/%) | 3.76/93.1 | 3.44/93.2 | 3.01/82 | 1.83/75.9 | 3.81/93 | |||||
| FEV1 (L/%) | 1.88/59 | 1.5/51.2 | 1.65/57.2 | 0.94/46.6 | 2.62/76 | |||||
| FEV1/FVC (%) | 49.9 | 43.5 | 57.2 | 51.3 | 68.9 | |||||
| GOLD | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |||||
| bWBC (109/L) | 8.30 | 6.79 | 7.06 | 8.47 | 6.74 | |||||
| bNEU (%) | 64.3 | 52.6 | 58.5 | 68.7 | 62.5 | |||||
| bNEU# | 5.33 | 3.57 | 4.13 | 5.82 | 4.21 |
Dis disease, Con control, CAT COPD assessment test, BMI body mass index, sNEU sputum neutrophil, sLYM sputum lymphocyte, sMAC sputum macrophage, sEOS sputum eosinophil, FVC forced vital capacity, FEV1 forced expiratory volume in 1 s, GOLD global initiative for chronic obstructive lung disease, bWBC blood white blood cell, bNEU blood neutrophil
*Including former and current smoker