Table 2.

Clinical outcomes of interest stratified by sarcopenia as defined by pectoralis muscle index (pectoralis muscle area indexed to height) at lowest sex-specific tertile

Variable	All	Sarcopenia (n=55)	No sarcopenia (n=114)	P value
Median days alive and out of the hospital at 1-year post-transplant	333.0 (310.5, 343.0)	320.0 (292.5, 339.5)	337.0 (315.0, 343.0)	0.004
Death at 1-year post-transplant (%)	14 (8.2)	5 (7.9)	9 (9.1)	1.000
Death during index hospitalization (%)	8 (4.7)	3 (5.5)	5 (4.4)	0.77
Length of stay, total post-transplant (days)	24.0 (17.0, 36.0)	29.0 (20.0, 45.0)	22.0 (16.0, 34.0)	0.003
Length of stay, ICU post-transplant (days)	9.0 (6.0, 13.5)	11.0 (6.0, 15.0)	9.0 (6.0, 12.0)	0.29
Discharge to other than home (%)	34 (20.2)	18 (33.3)	16 (14.2)	0.014
Median number of days rehospitalized in 1-year post-transplant	5.0 (0.0, 16.0)	4.5 (0.0, 13.3)	5.0 (0.0, 20.0)	0.75
Post-transplant infection requiring hospitalization at 1-year (Events/100 patient years)	14.6 (9.1–22.4)	22.1 (10.6–40.7)	11.2 (5.6–20.5)	0.11
Need for renal replacement therapy at 1 year (%)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	N/A

Data are presented as number and percentage, median and interquartile range, or incidence per 100 patient years and the Poisson 95% Confidence Interval