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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Transplant. 2014 Mar;14(3):621–628. doi: 10.1111/ajt.12564

Table 1.

Baseline Donor Characteristics

Placebo
(N = 246)
Albuterol
(N = 260)

Age (yrs) 42 ± 15 43 ± 16

Male 161 (65%) 158 (61%)

Race/ethnicity
  -Caucasian 145 (59%) 159 (61%)
  -Hispanic 60 (24%) 52 (20%)
  -African American 20 (8%) 31 (12%)
  -Asian 19 (8%) 16 (6%)

Current smoker 112 (46%) 106 (41%)

Cause of brain injury
  -head trauma 106 (43%) 102 (39%)
  -CVA/bleed 95 (39%) 111 (43%)
  -anoxic injury 43 (18%) 40 (15%)
  -other 2 (1%) 7 (3%)

Current lung disease 17 (7%) 31 (12%)

Time from clinical brain stem herniation to enrollment (h) 26 ± 22 26 ± 24

Albuterol treatment prior to enrollment 59 (24%) 59 (23%)

Tidal volume (ml/kg) 8.9 ± 1.7 8.7 ± 1.8

Positive end expiratory pressure (cm H2O) 5.7 ± 1.9 5.9 ± 2.2

Creatinine (mg/dL) 1.28 ± 0.96 1.34 ± 1.20

Data as mean ± SD or N (%)