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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Thorac Surg. 2022 Dec 12;117(1):206–212. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2022.12.013

TABLE 1.

Patient Characteristics by PGD Grade

Variable PGD Grade 0/1
(n = 41)
PGD Grade 2/3
(n = 30)
P Value
Recipient factors
 Age, y 57.9 ±11.4 54 ± 12.8 .17
 Female 18 (43.9) 18 (60.0) .27
 Body mass index, kg/m2 25.2 ± 5.2 26.3 ± 5.5 .41
 Body surface area, m2 1.9 ± 0.3 1.8 ± 0.2 .47
 Smoking history 20 (48.8) 10 (33.3) .29
 Hypertension 17 (41.5) 11 (36.7) .87
 Diabetes 14 (34.1) 7 (23.3) .47
Etiology of lung failure
 COPD/CPFE 13 (31.7) 4 (13.3) .13
 Interstitial lung disease 10 (24.4) 6 (20.0) .88
 COVID-19 ARDS 8 (19.5) 5 (16.7) 1.00
 Pulmonary arterial hypertension 6 (14.6) 6 (20.0) .78
 Connective tissue disease 2 (4.9) 5 (16.7) .21
 Other 2 (4.9) 4 (13.3) .40
Laboratory
 Hemoglobin, g/dL 12.1 ± 2.5 11.6 ± 2.3 .37
 White blood cell, 1000/mm3 9.4 ± 4.0 9.4 ± 3.5 .96
 Platelets, 1000/mm3 239.7 ± 98.9 284.6 ± 90.2 .05
 Sodium, mEq/L 139.6 ± 2.8 139.4 ± 3.2 .80
 BUN, mg/dL 14.8 ± 5.5 13.2 ± 4.8 .19
 Creatinine, mg/dL 0.77 ± 0.23 0.77 ± 0.22 .99
 AST, U/L 27.8 ± 22.2 24.0 ± 10.6 .39
 ALT, U/L 20.3 ± 16.7 18.9 ±11.7 .69
 Albumin, g/dL 3.9 ± 0.5 3.9 ± 0.5 .54
 Total bilirubin, mg/dL 0.7 ± 0.5 0.5 ± 0.3 .07
 INR 1.1 ± 0.3 1.1 ± 0.1 .37
Arterial blood gas
 pH 7.36 ± 0.06 7.36 ± 0.08 .87
 Paco2 49.6 ± 10.6 51.2 ± 15.1 .63
 Pao2 264.1 ± 125.1 297.0 ±111.1 .27
Donor
 Age, y 33.5 ± 12.5 36.0 ± 12.3 .41
 Female 18 (43.9) 10 (33.3) .51
Cause of death
 Anoxia 17 (41.5) 14 (46.7) .85
 Head trauma 17 (41.5) 9 (30.0) .46
 Other 7 (17.1) 7 (23.3) .72

Values are presented as mean ± SD or n (%). ALT, alanine aminotransferase; ARDS, acute respiratory distress syndrome; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; BUN, blood urea nitrogen; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; CPFE, combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema; INR, international normalized ratio; PGD, primary graft dysfunction.