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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Feb 22;156(1):440–448.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.01.101

Table 1.

Cohort Demographics and Clinical Variables

ECMO
n=17
Inpatient
n=48
Outpatient
n=124
Whole Cohort
n=189
p-value

Age (years) 46.1 ± 16.6 52.9 ± 9.0 51.8 ± 11.6 51.6 ± 11.6 0.11

Female 9 (53) 24 (50) 52 (42) 85 (45)
Male 8 (47) 24 (50) 72 (58) 104 (55) 0.50

White 12 (80) 26 (59) 84 (70) 122 (68)
Black/African American 1 (7) 5 (11) 11 (9) 17 (9)
Asian 0 (0) 2 (5) 10 (8) 12 (7)
Hispanic 2 (13) 9 (20) 16 (13) 27 (15)
Hawaiian/Pac. Islander 0 (0) 1 (2) 0 (0) 1 (1)
Other 0 (0) 1 (2) 0 (0) 1 (1) 0.42

LAS Group A:COPD 1 (6) 4 (8) 21 (17) 26 (14)
LAS Group B: PAH 1 (6) 1 (2) 8 (6) 10 (5)
LAS Group C: CF 2 (11) 4 (8) 17 (14) 23 (12)
LAS Group D: IPF 13 (76) 39 (81) 78 (63) 130 (69) 0.36

Expired at 1 year 1 (6) 2 (4) 2 (2) 5 (3) 0.44

FEV1 (liters) 1.7 ± 0.77 1.35 ± 0.74 1.41 ± 0.70 1.43 ± 0.72 0.17
FVC (liters 2.29 ± 0.74 1.84 ± 0.89 2.07 ± 0.78 2.03 ± 0.81 0.10
BMI (kg/m2) 24.5 ± 4.9 25.3 ± 4.1 25.4 ± 4.4 25.3 ± 4.4 0.75
6MWD (meter) 212 ± 199 176 ± 133 283 ± 126 250 ± 143 <0.001
LAS 67.8 ± 26.6 69.2 ± 19.4 44.5 ± 11.4 52.8 ± 19.3 <0.001

Data presented as mean +/−standard deviation or as number of subjects (% of total) Diagnostic indication for transplant as categorized by groupings in the Lung Allocation Score37

Abbreviations: FEV1 (Forced Expiratory Volume, 1 second); FVC (Forced Vital Capacity); BMI (Body Mass Index); 6MWD (six minute walk distance); LAS (Lung Allocation Score); COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease); PAH (Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension); CF (Cystic Fibrosis); IPF (Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis)