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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Dec 16.
Published in final edited form as: J Surg Res. 2018 Jun 30;231:395–402. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2018.06.007

Table 1 –

Baseline LLT recipient and donor characteristics between the historic (pre-LAS) and modern (post-LAS) cohorts.

Characteristic Historic (pre-LAS) Modern (post-LAS) P
n 10 52
Age 37.50 (15.28) 37.00 (15.58) 0.926
Male gender 8 (80.0) 31 (59.6) 0.387
White 10 (100.0) 50 (96.2) 0.999
Recipient BMI 20.71 (3.63) 21.54 (4.05) 0.55
Donor age 30.90 (11.12) 29.48 (13.59) 0.757
Donor BMI 22.84 (2.04) 23.32 (3.97) 0.713
Previous transplant 0.00 (0.00) 0.02 (0.14) 0.665
Diabetes 2 (20.0) 23 (44.2) 0.281
FEV1% 48.22 (31.82) 29.82 (17.42) 0.014
Total bilirubin 1.58 (1.35) 2.38 (6.46) 0.699
Serum albumin at transplant 3.55 (0.13) 3.25 (0.62) 0.34
Creatinine at transplant 1.22 (0.70) 0.72 (0.31) <0.001
MELD-XI 14.30 (5.77) 11.48 (4.01) 0.064
Lung diagnosis 0.003
 Cystic fibrosis 5 (50.0) 30 (57.7)
 Primary pulmonary hypertension 4 (40.0) 0 (0.0)
 Secondary pulmonary hypertension 0 (0.0) 2 (3.8)
 Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis 0 (0.0) 9 (17.3)
 Pulmonary fibrosis—other 1 (10.0) 3 (5.8)
 Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency 0 (0.0) 3 (5.8)
 COPD/emphysema 0 (0.0) 1 (1.9)
 Sarcoidosis 0 (0.0) 1 (1.9)
 Other 0 (0.0) 2 (3.8)
Liver diagnosis 0.10
 Cystic fibrosis 5 30
 Alpha-1-antitrypsin 0 3
 Alcoholic cirrhosis 2 2
 Biliary cirrhosis 0 1
 Cirrhosis (other) 2 12
 Non–nonalcoholic steatohepatitis 0 1
 Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) 0 1
 Other 1 2

Categorical data are reported as n (%), and continuous data are reported as mean (SD) unless otherwise stated.