Table 3. Candidate Characteristics by Acceptance or Decline of a Lung Offer from a Donor with HCV Viremia.
Characteristics that significantly differed between candidates who accepted vs. declined offers at a level of p<0.05 are indicated in bold.
| Characteristic | Accepted Offer | Declined Offer | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| N | 384* | 844 | |
| Age (years), median (Q1-Q3) | 61 (53, 67) | 60 (53, 66) | 0.18 |
| Female sex | 42.7% | 48.1% | 0.08 |
| Race/ethnicity | |||
| White | 81.5% | 77.8% | 0.44 |
| Black | 8.9% | 10.3% | |
| Hispanic | 8.1% | 9.2% | |
| Other | 1.6% | 2.6% | |
| Educational attainment | |||
| Less than high school or high school | 49.6% | 52.1% | 0.49 |
| Post-high school education | 50.4% | 47.9% | |
| Diagnosis | |||
| Obstructive | 33.9% | 28.7% | 0.44 |
| Pulmonary Vascular | 5.5% | 5.9% | |
| Cystic Fibrosis and | 4.7% | 5.1% | |
| Immunodeficiency | |||
| Restrictive | 55.7% | 60.2% | |
| Other | 0.3% | 0.1% | |
| Body mass index (kg/m2), median (Q1-Q3) | 25 (23, 29) | 27 (23, 29) | 0.12 |
| Blood type | |||
| O | 46.4% | 51.5% | 0.28 |
| A | 40.9% | 35.7% | |
| B | 9.6% | 9.0% | |
| AB | 3.1% | 3.8% | |
| Private primary insurance | 41.7% | 42.9% | 0.69 |
| Prior lung transplant | 1.3% | 2.7% | 0.12 |
| Lung allocation score, median (Q1-Q3) | 37 (34, 47) | 40 (34, 54) | 0.008 |
Q1-Q3, 25th and 75th percentile values. GED, general educational development test.
*
1 candidate who declined a lung offer from a donor with HCV viremia later accepted an offer from a different donor with HCV. This candidate therefore contributed person-time to both groups. There were no substantial differences in the characteristics for the two groups after exclusion of this candidate from the “declined offer” group.