Table 1.
Candidate Characteristics by Race/Ethnicity
| White | Black | Asian | Hispanic | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 16,992 | n = 1,941 | n = 345 | n = 1,262 | |
| Age (years) | 59 (50, 64) | 53 (45, 60) | 59 (47, 65) | 56 (43, 63) |
| Male | 9688 (57) | 795 (41) | 194 (56) | 652 (52) |
| Height (cm) | 170 (163, 178) | 168 (163, 175) | 163 (157, 170) | 163 (158, 170) |
| Antibody Crossmatch Required | 925 (5) | 165 (9) | 31 (9) | 120 (10) |
| Transplant Type | ||||
| Bilateral only | 8734 (51) | 1273 (66) | 161 (47) | 696 (55) |
| Single lung only | 1736 (10) | 95 (5) | 38 (11) | 114 (9) |
| Left or Right (with or wo bilateral) | 6522 (38) | 573 (30) | 146 (42) | 452 (36) |
| Diagnosis Group | ||||
| Group A - Obstructive Lung Disease | 5926 (35) | 418 (22) | 38 (11) | 119 (9) |
| Group B - Pulmonary Hypertension | 704 (4) | 120 (6) | 32 (9) | 109 (9) |
| Group C - Cystic Fibrosis | 2341 (14) | 39 (2) | 2 (1) | 86 (7) |
| Group D - Pulmonary Fibrosis | 8021 (47) | 1364 (70) | 273 (79) | 948 (75) |
| Blood Type | ||||
| A | 7136 (42) | 491 (25) | 90 (26) | 381 (30) |
| AB | 627 (4) | 85 (4) | 30 (9) | 28 (2) |
| B | 1647 (10) | 383 (20) | 106 (31) | 109 (9) |
| O | 7582 (45) | 982 (51) | 119 (34) | 744 (59) |
| Medical Condition, Pre-Transplant | ||||
| Hospitalized, In ICU | 884 (6) | 104 (6) | 35 (11) | 110 (9) |
| Hospitalized, not in ICU | 840 (6) | 104 (6) | 24 (8) | 104 (9) |
| Not hospitalized | 13306 (89) | 1477 (88) | 258 (81) | 979 (82) |
| ECMO1 | 129 (1) | 19 (1) | 4 (1) | 7 (1) |
| Mechanical Ventilation | 471 (3) | 38 (2) | 15 (4) | 54 (4) |
| LAS at listing | 36.0 (32.9, 42.6) | 37.3 (33.8, 44.9) | 42.2 (35.9, 52.4) | 40.7 (35.1, 50.2) |
| Socioeconomic Factors | ||||
| County median income (in $1000s) | 52 (45, 61) | 52 (44, 59) | 62 (54, 76) | 54 (48, 59) |
| Non US Citizen | 141 (1) | 24 (1) | 6 (2) | 8 (1) |
| Highest Education Obtained | ||||
| Grade school | 312 (2) | 35 (2) | 2 (1) | 182 (16) |
| High school | 6261 (41) | 683 (40) | 59 (20) | 468 (42) |
| Attended college/Tech school | 4073 (27) | 496 (29) | 50 (17) | 248 (22) |
| Associate/Bachelor degree | 3067 (20) | 333 (20) | 106 (35) | 148 (13) |
| Graduate degree | 1420 (9) | 144 (9) | 85 (28) | 49 (4) |
| Primary insurance | ||||
| Private | 9923 (59) | 1056 (55) | 224 (66) | 661 (53) |
| Public | 6768 (40) | 841 (44) | 109 (32) | 571 (46) |
| Other | 156 (1) | 20 (1) | 6 (2) | 22 (2) |
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ECMO, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
This table displays median (interquartile range) for continuous variables and N (%) for categorical variables.