. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Mar 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Heart Lung Transplant. 2017 Sep 30;37(3):394–400. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2017.09.017

Table 3.

Obstructive Lung Disease (Group A) Illness Severity at Transplant Listing by Race/Ethnicity

	White	Black	Asian	Hispanic	p value
	n = 5926	n = 418	n = 38	n = 119
Age (years)	59.9 (54.8, 64.1)	58.4 (54.0, 62.5)	55.0 (43.0, 61.2)	55.3 (42.2 62.3)	< 0.001
Forced Expiratory Volume (% predicted)	20 (16, 25)	20 (16, 26)	23.5 (19, 30.3)	21 (18, 26)	0.060
Resting Oxygen (liters per minute)	3 (2, 4)	3 (2, 4)	2 (2, 4)	3 (2, 4)	0.063
Six Minute Walk Distance (feet)	780 (500, 1003.8)	717.5 (420.8, 903.8)	823.5 (442.8, 1093)	762 (405.5, 948)	0.005
Pulmonary Artery Systolic Pressure (mmHg)	35 (31, 42)	40 (34, 48)	40 (32, 46.3)	40 (33, 47)	< 0.001
Mechanical Ventilation (%)	40 (0.7%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.4%)	0.021
Lung Allocation Score, at listing	32.7 (31.7, 34.1)	33.4 (32.2, 35.2)	33.6 (32.7, 35.4)	33.9 (32.1, 35.6)	< 0.001

This table displays median (interquartile range) for continuous variables and N (%) for categorical variables.