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Thorax 54:572-575 doi:10.1136/thx.54.7.572
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Increased exhaled nitric oxide in patients with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Table 1

Mean (SE) clinical and functional characteristics of subject groups

Subjects Sex (M/F) Age
(years)
Smoke
(pack years)
FEV1
(% pred)
NSM healthy controls (n=20) 8/12 41.3  (2.8) 104  (2.7)
CSM healthy controls (n=10) 5/5 54 (4.5) 43.5 (3.2) 98 (4.9)
ExSM COPD (n=10) 10/0 71.4 (1.0) 41.5 (16.7) 42.8 (4)
CSM COPD (n=10) 9/1 67.1 (2.1) 52.8 (7.8) 38.3 (2.7)
  • NSM = non-smokers; CSM = current smokers; ExSM = ex-smokers (smoking cessation >1 year); COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; FEV1 = forced expiratory volume in one second.

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