Table 4.
Characteristics of lung transplant recipients with early hospital readmission
| EHR |
No EHR |
P Value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 1,137) | (n = 1,773) | ||
| Age (yr), median (IQR) | 64 (56–67) | 62 (53–66) | <0.0001 |
| Male, n (%) | 666 (58.6) | 1,037 (58.5%) | 0.963 |
| Ethnicity, n (%) | 0.1571 | ||
| White | 980 (86.2) | 1,520 (85.7) | |
| Black | 96 (8.4) | 131 (7.4) | |
| Hispanic | 47 (4.1) | 80 (4.5) | |
| Asian | 6 (0.5) | 24 (1.4) | |
| Other | 8 (0.7) | 18 (1.0) | |
| Diagnosis, n (%) | 0.0036 | ||
| Group A, COPD | 483 (42.8) | 775 (43.8) | |
| Group B, pulmonary hypertension | 32 (2.8) | 60 (3.4) | |
| Group C, cystic fibrosis | 84 (7.4) | 193 (10.9) | |
| Group D, pulmonary fibrosis | 530 (46.9) | 741 (41.9) | |
| Bilateral transplant type, n (%) | 679 (59.7) | 1,005 (56.7) | 0.1057 |
| Life support, n (%) | 67 (5.9) | 78 (4.4) | 0.0709 |
| Lung allocation score, median (IQR) | 38.1 (33.65–46.1) | 37.3 (33.6–45.4) | 0.1237 |
| Transplant center volume | |||
| Low | 227 (20.0) | 324 (18.3) | 0.4595 |
| Intermediate | 295 (25.9) | 455 (25.7) | |
| High | 615 (54.1) | 994 (56.1) | |
| Length of stay > 16 d | 571 (50.2) | 1,090 (61.5) | <0.0001 |
Definition of abbreviations: COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; IQR = interquartile range; EHR = early hospital readmission.