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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jul 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Heart Lung Transplant. 2016 Aug 21;36(3):264–271. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2016.08.016

Table 3.

Comparison of Waitlisted of those Referred by Disease Status

Cystic Fibrosis and Referred
(n=15)
Pulmonary Fibrosis and Referred
(n=27)

Waitlisted
(n = 9)
Not
Waitlisted
(n= 6)
P-
value
Waitlisted
(n=6)
Not
Waitlisted
(n = 21)
P-value

Male 6 (66.7) 3 (50.0) 0.622 2 (33.3) 4 (19.1) 0.588
White 2 (22.2) 2 (40.0) 0.580 3 (50.0) 17 (81.0) 0.290
Age in years 1.00 1.00
 < 35 years 6 (66.7) 6 (100.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
 35 – 49 1 (11.1) 0 (0.0) 2 (33.3) 8 (38.1)
 50 – 59 1 (11.1) 0 (0.0) 3 (50.0) 10 (47.6)
 > 60 years 1 (111) 0 (0.0) 1 (16.7) 3 (14.3)
Insurance Type 0.874 0.384
 Uninsured 2 (22.2) 1 (16.7) 0 (0.0) 1 (4.8)
 Medicare 0 (0.0) 1 (16.7) 3 (50.0) 6 (28.6)
 Medicaid 2 (22.2) 1 (16.7) 0 (0.0) 7 (33.3)
 Private Insurance 5 (55.6) 3 (50.0) 3 (50.0) 7 (33.3)
Marital Status 0.440 0.328
 Single 7 (77.8) 4 (80.0) 2 (33.3) 11 (55.0)
 Married 2 (22.2) 0 (0.0) 4 (66.7) 6 (30.0)
 Divorced/Separated/Widowed 0 (0.0) 1 (20.0) 0 (0.0) 3 (15.0)
Median Household 0.133 0.097
Income 1 (14.3) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 7 (38.9)
 < $40,000 1 (14.3) 0 (0.0) 1 (20.0) 5 (27.8)
 $40,000 – $54,000 1 (14.3) 3 (100.0) 2 (40.0) 5 (27.8)
 $55,000 – $69,999 4 (57.1) 0 (0.0) 2 (40.0) 1 (5.6)
 > $70,000
Mean FEV1 of Predicted (%) 25.1 15.3 0.018* 46.8 45.0 0.951
Mean DLCO -- -- -- 30.8 31.2 0.939
BMI Category 0.245 0.350
 < 17 1 (12.5) 3 (50.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
 17 – 29.9 7 (87.5) 3 (50.0) 5 (83.3) 11 (52.4)
 ≥ 30 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (16.7) 10 (47.6)
Relative 3 (33.3) 6 (100.0) 0.028* 2 (33.3) 17 (81.0) 0.044*
Contraindications
Absolute 1 (111) 0 (0.002) 1.00 0 (0.0) 5 (23.8) 0.555
Contraindications
Died 2 (22.2) 3 (50.0) 0.329 2 (33.3) 7 (33.3) 1.00
*

p<0.05

**

p<0.001