Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of patients included and excluded for assessment. COPD includes emphysema and alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency. Other diseases were cystic fibrosis, idiopathic bronchiolitis, silicosis, sarcoidois, hypersensitivity pneumonitis and Langerhans cell histiocytosis

	Type of transplant	Indications for transplant	Gender	Age	Reason for exclusion
Patients included (N = 40)	34 bilateral 6 single	19 COPD 16 IPF 5 other	26 Male 14 Female	54.8 (17–66)	NA
Patients excluded (N = 13)	10 bilateral 3 single	5COPD 6IPF 2 other	6Male 7Female	57.3 (45–65)	5 insufficient samples 4 deferred procedures 4 deaths <1year
	p = 0.67	p = 0.85	p = 0.32	p = 0.69