Table 3.

Difference in lung allocation score and percentage predicted forced vital capacity between approaches among diagnosis groups and stratified by race

	Difference in LAS*†		Difference in Percentage Predicted FVC*†
Diagnosis Group	White	Black	White	Black
A (obstructive lung disease)	−0.30 (0.21)	+0.33 (0.22)	+4.8 (1.5)	−3.9 (1.3)
B (pulmonary vascular disease)	−0.71 (0.32)	+0.70 (0.40)	+5.9 (1.8)	−4.6 (1.8)
C (cystic fibrosis)	−0.50 (0.25)	+0.44 (0.27)	+3.5 (1.0)	−3.2 (1.1)
D (restrictive lung disease)	−0.78 (0.45)	+0.68 (0.44)	+4.3 (1.5)	−3.6 (1.3)

Definition of abbreviations: FVC = forced vital capacity; LAS = lung allocation score.

Values are presented as mean (standard deviation).

^*Positive values indicate greater values with a race-neutral approach.

^† P < 0.0001 for all comparisons between White and Black patients. P values are based on Student’s t tests.