Table I.
Demographics of TPE vs. Non-TPE Treated Cardiac Transplant Patients
| TPE-treated N = 109 N (%) |
Non-TPE Treated N = 204 N (%) |
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| Age (years), mean, SD | 48, 19 | 51, 19 | 0.45 |
| Range | 4 mos. – 76 yrs. | 2 mos. – 74 yrs. | |
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| Pediatric patients (Age < 18) | 11 (10) | 20 (10) | 0.94 |
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| Sex | < 0.0001 | ||
| Males | 59 (54) | 158 (77) | |
| Females | 50 (46) | 46 (23) | |
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| Race | 0.0009 | ||
| White/Caucasian | 56 (51) | 142 (70) | |
| Black/African American | 48 (44) | 48 (23) | |
| Other | 5 (5) | 14 (7) | |
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| Transplant year | 0.06 | ||
| 2010 | 22 (20) | 36 (18) | |
| 2011 | 28 (26) | 32 (16) | |
| 2012 | 17 (16) | 47 (23) | |
| 2013 | 24 (22) | 37 (18) | |
| 2014 | 18 (16) | 52 (25) | |
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| Transplant indication | |||
| Non-ischemic cardiomyopathy | 58 (53) | 90 (44) | |
| Ischemic cardiomyopathy | 34 (31) | 86 (42) | 0.02 |
| Congenital Heart Defect | 12 (11) | 9 (5) | |
| Other | 5 (5) | 19 (9) | |
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| Post-transplant infection present | 42 (39) | 76 (37) | 0.82 |
TPE = Therapeutic plasma exchange; N = Number; SD = Standard deviation; mos. = months; yrs. = years; p-values calculated using two-sample t-test and chi-square test of independence as appropriate.