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. 2020 Oct;12(10):5485–5494. doi: 10.21037/jtd-20-2043

Table S3. Minnesota-Donor-Lung quality index (4).

Points [possible range
of points (0–48)]
Cohort (N=454) Univariable Cox regression
HR; 95% CI P value
1. Anticipated ischemic time
   <6 hours 1 404 (89.0%)
   ≥6 hours 0 50 (11.0%) 1.0; 0.7–1.4 0.9
2. Risk of pneumonia
   Low 4 173 (38.1%)
   Moderate 2 232 (51.1%) 1.0; 0.8–1.2 0.9
   High 0 49 (10.8%) 1.1; 1.0–1.1 0.2
3. Donor age
   15–45 years 2 234 (51.5%)
   46–65 years 1 178 (39.2%) 1.2; 0.9–1.5 0.1
   >65 years 0 42 (9.3%) 1.9; 1.3–2.7 0.001
4. Risk of aspiration injury
   Low 3 411 (90.5%)
   Moderate 2 28 (6.2%) 1.2; 0.8–1.7 0.4
   High 0 15 (3.3%) 1.4; 0.7–2.9 0.3
5. Risk of preexisting lung disease
   Low 4 446 (98.2%)
   Moderate 2 8 (1.8%) 1.0; 0.8–1.2 0.9
   High 0
6. Risk of pulmonary edema
   Low 3 447 (98.5%)
   Moderate 2 7 (1.5%) 1.7; 0.8–3.7 0.1
   High 0
7. Risk of contusion
   Low 2 428 (94.3%)
   Moderate 1 15 (3.3%) 0.7; 0.5–1.2 0.2
   High 0 11 (2.4%) 1.0; 0.5–2.0 0.9
8. Blood gasses
   Good 3 284 (62.6%)
   Marginal 0 170 (37.4%) 0.9; 0.9–1.0 0.05
9. Smoking history
   <30 Pack-years 2 397 (87.4%)
   ≥30 Pack-years 0 57 (12.8%) 1.7; 1.2–2.3 0.001
10. Anticipated procurement complexity
   Simple 2 415 (91.4%)
   Moderate 1 36 (7.9%) 1.0; 0.6–1.5 0.9
   Complex 0 3 (0.7%)
11. Risk of pulmonary malignancy
   Low 5 283 (62.3%)
   Moderate 4 94 (20.7%) 1.1; 0.8–1.4 0.7
   High 0 77 (17.0%) 1.6; 1.2–2.1 0.001
12. Risk of donor-transmitted diseases
   Low 4 452 (99.6%)
   Moderate 3 2 (0.4%)
   High 0
13. Risk of extrapulmonary malignancy
   Low 5 445 (98.0%)
   Moderate 2 9 (2.0%) 0.9; 0.7–1.1 0.2
   High 0
14. Risk of positive retrospective HLA crossmatch
   Low 5 454 (100%)
   Moderate 3
   High 0
15. Risk of size missmatch
   Low 3 294 (64.8%)
   Moderate 2 23 (5.1%) 1.1; 0.9–1.4 0.3
   High 0 137 (30.2%) 1.3; 1.0–1.6 0.06

CI, confidence interval; HLA, human leukocyte antigen; HR, hazard ratio.