Table 7.

Quality of life after lung transplant.

	All patients (n = 20)	With telomere shortening (n = 12)	Without telomere shortening (n = 8)	P-value
Post-transplant FVC [ L, mean (SD)]	2.42 (0.77)	2.31 (0.51)	2.57 (1.05)	0.524
Post-transplant FVC [%, mean (SD)]	60.4 (17.6)	53.0 (12.7)	70.4 (19.0)	0.045
Post-transplant ATAQ score [mean (SD)]	58.2 (12.9)	60.6 (15.0)	54.7 (9.16)	0.333
Post-transplant K-BILD score [mean (SD)]	60.1 (9.14)	60.1 (9.66)	60.0 (9.10)	0.983
Oxygen withdrawal after transplantation (n, %)	16 (94.1)	9 (90.0)	7 (100)	1.000
Independence for daily life activities after transplantation (n, %)	15 (88.2)	9 (90.0)	6 (85.7)	1.000
Active life after transplantation (n, %)	11 (64.7)	6 (60.0)	5 (71.4)	1.000

Independence for daily life activities: feeding, personal hygiene and dressing tasks without help. Active life: to be able to return to work and/or hobbies.