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. 2022 Jun 30;163(1):164–175. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2022.06.030

Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics

Characteristic COPDGene (n = 4,635)
PLuSS (n = 1,307)
Visit 1 Visit 2 Visit 1 Visit 2
Time from visit 1 (mean ± SD), y 5.6 ± 0.8 8.6 ± 2.8
Age (mean ± SD), y 59.9 ± 8.7 65.5 ± 8.7 61.0 ± 6.6 69.6 ± 6.4
Sex
 Female 2,426 (52.3) 506 (38.7)
 Male 2,209 (47.7) 801 (61.3)
Self-reported race
 American Indian/Alaskan Native 2 (0.2)
 Asian 2 (0.2)
 Black 1,351 (29.1) 55 (4.2)
 Pacific Islander 1 (0.1)
 Non-Hispanic White 3,284 (70.9) 1,247 (95.4)
Smoking
 Former 2,431 (52.4) 2,840 (61.4) 484 (40.8) a
 Current 2,204 (47.6) 1,785 (38.6) 701 (59.2) a
 Pack-years, mean ± SD 41.9 ± 23.9 43.3 ± 24.3 65.0 ± 22.5 a
BMI (mean ± SD), kg/m2 29.1 ± 6.1 29.0 ± 6.4 28.5 ± 5.2 28.7 ± 5.4
Pulmonary function
 Time between CT scan and PFTs (mean ± SD), d 1.1 ± 25.7 0.6 ± 12.0 29.4 ± 16.0 34.1 ± 20.3
 Prebronchodilator FEV1 (mean ± SD), L 2.2 ± 0.8 2.0 ± 0.8 2.5 ± 0.8 2.1 ± 0.8
 Prebronchodilator FVC (mean ± SD), L 3.2 ± 1.0 3.0 ± 0.9 3.6 ± 1.0 3.2 ± 1.0
Baseline lung function
 Preserved ratio impaired spirometry (PRISm) 563 (12.2) a
 Without spirometric limitations (GOLD stage 0) 2,122 (46.0) a
 With COPD (GOLD stages 1-4) 1,874 (40.6)
6-Min walk distance, m 437.2 ± 112.6 393.8 ± 132.3
Quantitative CT measures
 Percentage of lung occupied by QIAs, mean ± SD 6.0 ± 4.6 5.7 ± 4.6 16.2 ± 7.8 15.9 ± 6.5
 Percentage of lung occupied by emphysema, mean ± SD 6.8 ± 12.9 6.2 ± 13.4 10.2 ± 4.2 11.7 ± 4.2
 Percentage of lung occupied by normal parenchyma, mean ± SD 87.2 ± 13.3 87.8 ± 14.1 66.6 ± 7.3 65.6 ± 6.4
Mortality
 Alive 4,386 (94.6) 1,033 (79.0)
 Dead 249 (5.4) 274 (21.0)
 Survival duration from enrollment (mean ± SD), y 8.3 ± 1.2 12.0 ± 1.9

Data displayed as No. (%) unless otherwise specified. COPDGene = Genetic Epidemiology of COPD; PFTs = pulmonary function tests; PLuSS = Pittsburgh Lung Screening Study; QIAs = quantitative interstitial abnormalities.

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