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Table 1 Baseline patient characteristics

From: Sequential broncho-alveolar lavages reflect distinct pulmonary compartments: clinical and research implications in lung transplantation

  

Sub-cohorts used for:

Main cohort

N = 122a

CCSP & SP-D

N = 19a

Inflammatory proteins

N = 15

Cell count

N = 6

Recipient age at transplant, year (Mean ± SD)

54.1 ± 16.7

55.3 ± 15.8

57.7 ± 11

56.7 ± 16.7

Primary diagnosis

 Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

53 (43.4%)

10 (52.6%)

7 (46.7%)

5(83.3%)

 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

23 (18.9%)

3 (15.8%)

4 (26.7%)

0

 Cystic fibrosis

16 (13.1%)

3 (15.8%)

3 (20%)

0

 Scleroderma

6 (4.9%)

1 (5.3%)

0

0

 Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction

5 (4.1%)

0

0

0

 Sarcoidosis

4 (3.3%)

0

0

0

 Bronchiectasis

4 (3.3%)

0

1 (6.7%)

0

 Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency

3 (2.5%)

0

0

0

 Langerhans cell histiocytosis

2 (1.6%)

1 (5.3%)

0

0

 Other

6 (4.9%)

1 (5.3%)

0

1 (16.7%)

Transplant type

 Single lung transplantation

23 (18.9%)

5 (26.3%)

5 (33.3%)

1 (16.7%)

 Bilateral lung transplantation

99 (81.1%)

14 (73.7%)

10 (66.7%)

5 (83.3%)

Male Gender

69 (56.6%)

14 (73.7%)

9 (60%)

3 (50%)

Number of lung transplants

 First lung transplant

116 (95.1%)

18 (94.7%)

15 (100%)

5 (83.3%)

 Second lung transplant

6 (4.9%)

1 (5.3%)

0

1 (16.7%)

CLAD status at time of bronchoscopy

 CLAD

14 (11.5%)

7 (36.8%)

3 (20%)

1 (16.7%)

 No CLAD

108 (88.5%)

12 (63.2%)

12 (80%)

5 (83.3%)

  1. AR=Acute rejection; n=number; %=percent of samples
  2. aNumber of patients is smaller than number of bronchoscopies