Table 1

Demographics of subjects in study
Sample Name
 Gender
 Age at Analysis
 Pack-Years
 Smoking Status*
 Years of smoking cessation (years)
 Lung function (predicted FEV1 %)
 Name from previous study**
Current 1
 F
 63
 40
 CS
 N/A
 69
 BE-13
Current 2
 M
 56
 62
 CS
 N/A
 89
 BE-7
Current 3
 F
 63
 44
 CS
 N/A
 96
 BE-12
Current 4
 M
 68
 81
 CS
 N/A
 76
 BE-1
Current 5
 M
 64
 45
 CS
 N/A
 73
 BE-2
Current 6
 M
 66
 53
 CS
 N/A
 85
 -
Current 7
 M
 52
 48.1
 CS
 N/A
 63
 -
Current 8
 F
 55
 34.4
 CS
 N/A
 81
 -
Former 1
 M
 68
 33
 FS
 19
 50
 BE-3
Former 2
 M
 69
 100
 FS
 1
 21
 BE-4A/4B
Former 3
 M
 68
 30
 FS
 1
 30
 BE-9
Former 4
 M
 70
 75
 FS
 17
 76
 BE-5
Former 5
 M
 67
 55
 FS
 5
 N/A
 BE-6
Former 6
 M
 65
 82
 FS
 10
 59
 BE-10
Former 7
 F
 56
 64
 FS
 1.5
 71
 BE-11A
Former 8
 F
 63
 45
 FS
 4.5
 83
 BE-14
Former 9
 M
 72
 40
 FS
 32
 87
 BE-15
Former 10
 F
 71
 56
 FS
 16
 58
 BE-16
Former 11
 M
 72
 63
 FS
 6
 N/A
 BE-8B
Former 12
 M
 69
 55.3
 FS
 21
 57
 -
Never 1
 M
 58
 0
 NS
 N/A
 115
 -
Never 2
 F
 56
 0
 NS
 N/A
 104
 -
Never 3
 M
 53
 0
 NS
 N/A
 N/A
 -
Never 4
 F
 81
 0
 NS
 N/A
 N/A
 -

* CS = Current Smoker, FS = Former Smoker, NS = Never Smoker

**Subset of samples were used in a previous study by Lonergan et al 2006 [55]

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