Oxidative modification of albumin in the parenchymal lung tissue of current smokers with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Table 2 Reclassification of subjects using lower limit of normal FEV1/FVC to define COPD

Classification	Normal Lung Function	GOLD I	GOLD II
No. subjects	12	8	11
Age	63.3 ± 4.7	71.4 ± 2.3	62.5 ± 10.6
Gender	4F	4F	4F
	8M	4M	7M
Height (M)	1.71 ± 0.01	1.68 ± 0.03	1.74 ± 0.1
Weight (Kg)	81.0 ± 4.4	67.29 ± 4.3	82.3 ± 9.7
LLN FEV1 predicted	0.91 ± 0.1	0.87 ± 0.02	0.65 ± 0.3
Smoking status	6 current smokers	4 current smokers	7 current smokers
	5 ex-smokers	3 ex-smokers	2 ex-smokers
	2 non-smokers	2 non-smokers

Tissue samples were taken from 31 patients. Patient details including age, gender, height, weight, lung function given as lower limit of normal (LLN) of air that can be forcibly exhaled in one second (FEV1) and smoking status. Data given are the mean ± SD of each group.

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