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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Bone. 2018 Mar 27;111:129–134. doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2018.03.021

Table 1.

Patient Characteristics prior to Lung Transplantation

Clinical Parameter Mean ± SD or n (%)
Entire Cohort
(n=51)
CF
(n=31)
Pulmonary HTN
(n=8)
GVHD
(n=7)
Pulmonary Fibrosis
(n=3)
Other
(n=2)
Gender Female 26 (51) 18 (58) 4 (50) 1 (14) 1 (33) 1 (50)
Male 25 (49) 13 (42) 4 (50) 6 (86) 2 (67) 1 (50)

Age at transplant, y 14.7 ± 4.8 15.7 ± 4.4 11.9 ± 5.5 16.2 ± 2.6 14.3 ± 4.8 5.6 ± 0.1

Race/Ethnicity White 36 (71) 23 (74) 4 (50) 5 (71) 3 (100) 1 (50)
Black 2 (4) 0 1 (12.5) 1 (14) 0 0
Hispanic 5 (10) 3 (10) 1 (12.5) 1 (14) 0 0
Asian 2 (4) 0 1 (12.5) 0 0 1 (50)
Other 6 (12) 5 (16) 1 (12.5) 0 0 0

FEV1, % predicted 32 ± 11 35.8 ± 8.6 19.0 ± 7.3 20.5 ± 10.6

Height Z-score −1.1 ± 1.4 −1.1 ± 1.1 0.2 ± 1.3 −2.0 ± 1.7 −2.5 ± 0.7 −3.2 ± 1.2

BMI Z-score −0.8 ± 1.3 −1.0 ± 1.1 0.4 ± 1.2 −1.4 ± 1.2 −0.8 ± 2.0 −0.5 ± 0.2

Laboratory evaluation 25(OH)D, ng/mL 29.7 ± 12.6 31.7 ± 9.9 17.9 ± 6.8 39.3 ± 19.9 20.0 ± 15.5 23.4 ± 4.7
PTH, ng/mL 37.2 ± 3.1 33.1 ± 19.0 81.0 ± 55 22.4 ± 34 27.8 ± 14 30 ± 4.9
HbA1c, % 6.3 ± 1.4 6.6 ± 1.5 5.4 5.4 ± 0.8 5.7

BMD Z-score Lowest site −2.2 ± 1.4 −1.8 ± 1.1 −1.2 ± 2.2 −3.4 ± 2.2 −2.9 ± 0.5 −2.8
Spine −1.6 ± 1.1 −1.7 ± 1.1 −1.0 ± 2.5 −2.0 ± 1.0 −1.4 −2.2
Hip −1.8 ± 1.2 −1.4 ± 0.8 −1.0 ± 1.9 −2.7 ± 2.6 −2.9 ± 0.5 −2.8

Patients with Fractures Pre-transplant 9 (18) 4 (13) 1 (12.5) 2 (29) 1 (33) 1 (50)
Post-transplant 15 (29) 9 (29) 3 (37.5) 1 (14) 1 (33) 1 (50)