Table 1 Demographics and clinical characteristics of the study cohort
From: Alterations of lung microbiota in lung transplant recipients with pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia
Patient characteristics | PJP (n = 20) | PJC (n = 22) | Control (n = 19) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (years, mean ± SD) | 52.90 ± 17.33 | 55.32 ± 14.81 | 51.95 ± 11.11 | 0.749 |
BMI (kg/m2, mean ± SD) | 21.09 ± 3.74 | 20.69 ± 3.09 | 20.64 ± 3.23 | 0.644 |
Sex, n(%) | Â | Â | Â | 0.865 |
 Male | 15(75.00) | 15(68.18) | 13(68.42) |  |
 Female | 5(25.00) | 7(31.82) | 6(31.58) |  |
Primary disease, n(%) | Â | Â | Â | 0.827 |
 COPD | 4(20.00) | 7(31.82) | 3(15.79) |  |
 ILD | 9(45.00) | 10(45.45) | 10(52.63) |  |
 Pneumoconiosis | 3(15.00) | 1(4.55) | 3(15.79) |  |
 Others* | 4(20.00) | 4(18.18) | 3(15.79) |  |
Type of lung transplantation, n(%) | Â | Â | Â | 0.433 |
 Single | 13(65.00) | 10(45.45) | 11(57.89) |  |
 Bilateral | 7(35.00) | 12(54.55) | 8(42.11) |  |
Postoperative duration, Median (P25, P75), days | 463(316, 851) | 570(253, 731) | 566(317, 712) | 0.998 |