Table 1.

Patient demographics

Recipient Characteristics	PGD (n=24)	Non-PGD (n=82)	p-value
Male Gender, n, (%)	19 (79)	56 (68)	0.3
Age, years, mean	57	53	0.2
Race, n (%)			0.5
Caucasian	21 (88)	73 (89)
Black	3 (13)	6 (7)
Other	0 (0)	3 (4)
Pulmonary Diagnosis, n (%)			0.5
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	5 (21)	18(22)
Pulmonary Fibrosis	12 (50)	36 (44)
Cystic Fibrosis/Bronchiectasis	4 (17)	17 (21)
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension	1 (4)	0
Other	2 (8)	11 (13)
Cardiopulmonary Bypass, yes	15 (63)	39 (48)	0.2
Transplant Type, bilateral	17 (71)	49 (60)	0.3
Pulmonary Arterial Systolic Pressure, mean (mmHg)	39	32	0.2
Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation, yes	21 (88)	48 (59)	0.009

Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation: defined as requiring mechanical ventilation more than 24 hours after transplant