Table 1

Clinical characteristics of samples passing genotype QC

SexAge%Predicted FEV1FEV1/FVCPack-years
Sample collectionnMale, n (%)Mean (SD)Mean (SD)Mean (SD)Samples with data (n)Mean (SD)
Discovery analyses airflow limitation cases (total n=3226, with pack-years n=2517)
 GS:SFHS508224 (44.1%)58.9 (8.94)64.84 (12.64)0.580 (0.108)48229.32 (24.96)
 British Regional Heart Study425425 (100%)70.1 (5.46)59.41 (14.66)0.597 (0.084)0
 British Women's Heart and Health Study2540 (0%)69.3 (5.46)64.26 (12.40)0.603 (0.074)20328.1 (18.36)
 UK COPD cohort*209129 (61.7%)68.7 (8.11)37.94 (15.29)0.447 (0.119)19950.07 (27.79
 Hertfordshire Cohort Study317203 (64.0%)66.1 (2.79)62.89 (13.57)0.589 (0.101)31232.25 (23.37)
 COPDBEAT*8762 (71.3%)67.6 (8.77)45.19 (16.24)0.480 (0.115)8638.69 (21.24)
 Nottingham COPD study*7648 (63.2%)67.2 (8.97)50.29 (15.04)0.482 (0.111)7449.02 (26.86)
 Nottingham smokers12578 (62.4%)63.1 (8.60)46.27 (17.65)0.503 (0.125)12441.75 (20.61)
 Gedling study3326 (78.8%)69.0 (8.23)59.67 (16.81)0.593 (0.103)3145.47 (33.40)
 English Longitudinal Study of Aging16675 (45.2%)66.0 (8.17)54.84 (17.24)0.526 (0.149)0
 EU COPD Gene Scan*277155 (56.0%)67.0 (8.68)38.51 (14.74)0.467 (0.120)27746.43 (20.56)
 GoTARDIS Study*749412 (55.0%)68.8 (8.97)52.16 (14.14)0.509 (0.110)72943.26 (21.59)
Discovery analyses controls (total n=4784, with pack-years n=3889)
 GS:SFHS961552 (57.4%)54.5 (8.41)98.18 (10.92)0.783 (0.051)96128.92 (16.86)
 British 1958 Birth Cohort1429888 (62.1%)44 (0)100.90 (13.46)0.809 (0.060)104614.74 (10.07)
 Oxford Biobank1770832 (47.0%)41.6 (5.77)16829.09 (9.34)
 GoDARTS624402 (64.4%)59.0 (10.75)20035.46 (25.89)
UK Biobank Lung Exome Variant Evaluation samples (meta-analysis and replication)
 Airflow limitation cases42312379 (56.2%)59.54 (6.86)61.76 (11.8)0.607 (0.076)423142.41 (21.10)
 Controls89794260 (47.4%)56.19 (7.92)101.40 (8.1)0.773 (0.038)897930.43 (14.41)
  • *Sample collection is COPD case cohort.

  • GS:SFHS, Generation Scotland: Scottish Family Health Study; GoTARDIS, Tayside Allergy and Respiratory Disease Information System; QC, quality control.