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Table 2 Demographic and clinical data of the subjects of the study groups

From: Age-associated phenotypic imbalance in TCD4 and TCD8 cell subsets: comparison between healthy aged, smokers, COPD patients and young adults

 

Healthy (n = 29)

Smokers (n = 22)

COPD (n = 21)

p-value

Youngs (n = 20)

Age (years)

65.4 ± 2.9

64.2 ± 3.3

65 ± 5.1

0.54

22.8 ± 2.9

Men/women

15/14

10/12

13/8

0.8

10/10

BMI (kg/m2)

25 ± 3.6

25.7 ± 4.2

24.4 ± 3.3

0.58

22.9 ± 2.5

Pack/years

–

45.3 ± 22.8

52.0 ± 22.4

0.33

–

FEV (%)

–

86.6 ± 8

42.3 ± 11

< 0.0001

–

% CMV+ seropositive

82.8

86.4

100

0.12

60

  1. Values presented as mean ± standard deviation. Statistical difference as calculated with Kruskal-Wallis test, Mann Whitney test or Fischer test
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Immunity & Ageing

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