Table 1 Description of the cohorts. In contrast to the lung disease cohort, volunteers were not distinguished between never and former smoker by questionnaire
From: Tobacco-smoking induced GPR15-expressing T cells in blood do not indicate pulmonary damage
Blood donation cohort | Lung disease cohort | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
“Healthy” | COPD | ILD | Pneumonia | |
Number | 123 | 20 | 11 | 11 |
Age in years, mean [min-max] | 42.7 [19 - 71] | 66.1 [47 - 85] | 65.2 [49 - 80] | 70.7 [39 -86] |
Gender | ||||
Female | 56 | 10 | 7 | 1 |
Male | 67 | 10 | 4 | 10 |
Smoker | ||||
None | 91 | |||
Never | 1 | 6 | 3 | |
Former | 11 | 4 | 6 | |
Current | 32 | 8 | 1 | 2 |
Anti-inflammatory | ||||
medication | ||||
Prednisolone | 8 | 3 | 2 | |