Table 2.
Demographic and transplant-related characteristics in 64 lung transplant recipients
| Characteristic | Descriptive Statistic |
|---|---|
| Demographic | |
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 58.1 (10.4) |
| Gender, % male | 46.9 |
| Race/ethnicity, % European American | 95.3 |
| Education, % | |
| High school graduate or less | 35.9 |
| Some college or college graduate | 40.6 |
| Post-graduate education | 23.4 |
| Employed, % yes | 21.9 |
| Occupation (when last employed), % nonprofessional | 21.4 |
| Marital status, % married or living with a partner | 67.2 |
| Transplant-related | |
| Indication for transplant, % | |
| COPD/emphysema | 34.4 |
| Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis | 18.8 |
| Cystic fibrosis | 18.8 |
| Other | 28.1 |
| Age (years) at transplant, mean (SD) | 49.7 (10.3) |
| Years since transplant, mean (SD) | 8.1 (1.2) |
| Type of lung transplant, % | |
| Single | 46.9 |
| Bilaterala | 53.1 |
| Days hospitalized post-transplant, mean (SD) | 24.3 (16.9) |
| median (IQR) | 17 (12–34) |
| Days in ICU post-transplant, mean (SD) | 7.5 (9.5) |
| median (IQR) | 3 (1–8) |
| Retransplant, % yes | 7.8 |
| Developed acute graft rejection, % yes | 65.6 |
| Developed BOS (chronic rejection), % yes | 46.9 |
a
Includes one heart – lung recipient
COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
ICU, intensive care unit
BOS, bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome