Table 1.
Sex | Age, yr | Smoker Status | Pack-years | GOLD stage | FEV1%p | FVC%p | FEV1/FVC | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Healthy | ||||||||
HC234 | Female | 77 | Never | — | — | 70 | 80 | 70 |
HC241 | Male | 55 | Never | — | — | 106 | 103 | 80 |
HC243 | Female | 75 | Never | — | — | 94 | 102 | 73 |
COPD | ||||||||
CA299 | Female | 85 | Ex-smoker | 71 | 2B | 67 | 85 | 21 |
CA340 | Male | 67 | Current | 52 | 2B | 72 | 104 | 12 |
CA342 | Female | 76 | Ex-smoker | 53 | 2A | 54 | 66 | 4 |
CA381 | Male | 78 | Current | 58 | 2B | 61 | 73 | 19 |
Definition of abbreviations: COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; FEV1%p = FEV1 percentage predicted (the volume of air that can be exhaled from the lungs in 1 second); FVC%p = FVC percentage predicted (the largest volume of air that can be exhaled after inhaling as deep as possible); GOLD = Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease; Pack-years = packs smoked per day × years as a smoker.