Dysregulation of Vascular Endothelial Progenitor Cells Lung-Homing in Subjects with COPD

Table 1

Subject characteristics of COPD patients and normal subjects.

Characteristic	COPD patients ()	Normal subjects ()
Age, years		31.3 ± 4.5
Gender, % male	85.7	42.9
BMI, kg⋅m^2	26.7 ± 4.6	27.2 ± 5.2
Smoking status
Current, %	66.7	0.0
Ex-smoker, %	33.3	16.7
Nonsmoker, %	0.0	83.3
Cigarette pack-years	60.6 ± 22.3	1.3 ± 2.2
Comorbidities
Hypertension, %	25.0	0.0
Hyperlipidemia, %	25.0	0.0
Statin use, %	16.7	0.0
Pulmonary function
FEV1; Prebronchodilator,; % predicted	40.4 ± 20.1	101.8 ± 15.2
FEV1; Postbronchodilator,; % predicted	47.6 ± 11.5	109.0 ± 14.1
FVC; Prebronchodilator,; % predicted	56.4 ± 13.8	114.6 ± 15.2
FVC; Postbronchodilator,; % predicted	0.65 ± 0.1	0.88 ± 0.0
FEV1/FVC	0.61 ± 0.07	0.85 ± 0.03

Values are expressed as mean ± SD.
Significant difference () between groups.