Research Article

Subjects with Discordant Airways Obstruction: Lost between Spirometric Definitions of COPD

Table 1

Population characteristics and postbronchodilator lung function data ( 𝑛 = 1 2 5 8 ).

MaleFemale

Subjects, 𝑛 (%)685 (54.5%)573 (45.5%)
Age distribution yrs, 𝑛 (%)
40–50206 (30.1%)183 (31.9%)
51–60202 (29.5%)175 (30.5%)
61–70169 (24.7%)136 (23.7%)
71–8083 (12.1%)57 (10.0%)
81+25 (3.6%)22 (3.9%)

Body mass index [kg/(m2)], mean (SD)26.7 (0.14)26.1 (0.20)
FVC (L), mean (%pred.)4.5 (97.5%)3.4 (100.6%)
FEV1 (L), mean (%pred.)3.4 (95.0%)2.5 (95.9%)
FEV1/FVC%, mean (%pred.)74.1 (97.6%)74.5 (95.5%)