Clinical characteristics of patients with normal and emphysematous lungs
| Case | Normal (non-smoker) | Normal (smoker) | Emphysema (smoker) | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | |
| Age (years) | 64 | 50 | 48 | 63 | 76 | 60 | 56 | 80 | 71 | 84 | 79 | 62 | 62 | 68 | 76 | 58 | 80 | 70 | 70 | 84 | 79 |
| Sex | F | M | M | F | F | M | F | M | M | M | M | M | M | M | M | F | F | M | M | M | M |
| Brinkman Index | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 900 | 500 | 2400 | 1000 | 2220 | 980 | 800 | 1600 | 1600 | 1000 | 600 | 200 | 1000 | 1000 | 1280 | 1200 |
| Cause of surgery | AD | AD | AD | AD | AD | AD | AD | SCLC | SQ | AD | SQ | AD | AD | PC | AD | AD | AD | SCLC | CH | SQ | AD |
| Excised lung lobe* | RL | RU | RU | RU | LL | RU | RL | RU | RL | LU | RU | RU | RU | LU | LU | RU | RL | RU | RM | RU | RL |
| FEV1/FVC | 82.3 | 80.5 | 86.6 | 86.8 | 79.9 | 73.0 | 76.7 | 76.6 | 78.1 | 84.1 | 61.7 | 73.2 | 75.1 | 55.0 | 88.8 | 58.1 | 74.6 | 76.7 | 73.0 | 83.5 | 61.5 |
| Tlco (%) | 101.8 | NE | 92.8 | 76.5 | 49.3 | 102.0 | 81.2 | 57.0 | 41.2 | 89.3 | 37.8 | NE | 71.2 | NE | 44.4 | 36.8 | 55.3 | 54.8 | 53.0 | 36.3 | 68.2 |
AD, adenocarcinoma; CH, chondroid hamartoma; FEV1, forced expiratory volume in 1 s; FVC, forced vital capacity; NE, not examined; PC, plemorphic carcinoma; SCLC, small cell lung carcinoma; SQ, squamous cell carcinoma; Tlco, carbon monoxide transfer factor.
*LL, left lower; LU, left upper; RL, right lower; RM, right middle; RU, right upper.