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Table 2 Comparison of demography and outcomes between subjects listed for urgent lung transplantation program and those listed for standard lung transplantation programa

From: Mortality rate of patients with cystic fibrosis on the waiting list and within one year after lung transplantation: a survey of Italian CF centers

 

Urgent lung transplantation program

Standard lung transplantation program

 

No.

57

202c

 

Females: No. (%)

34 (59.6)

114 (56.4)

p = 0.665

Age at inclusion on WL (yrs)b

27.6 (23.4–36.7)

30.5 (21.8–37.6)

p = 0.826

Deaths on WL: No. (%)

11 (19.3)

39 (19.3)

p = 0.998

Waiting time of deceased subjects (yrs)b

0.4 (0.2–0.9)

0.8 (0.3–1.4)

p = 0.127

LTs: No. (%)

46 (80.7)

113 (55.9)

p < 0.001

Waiting time of transplanted subjects (yrs)b

0.2 (0.1–1.0)

1.0 (0.6–1.9)

p < 0.001

Subjects waiting less than 3 months before LT: No. (%)

25 (43.9)

7 (3.5)

p < 0.001

Transplanted subjects deceased during the first 3 months after LT: No. (%)

11 (19.3)

13 (6.4)

p < 0.01

Transplanted subjects deceased during the first 12 months after LT: No. (%)

14 (24.6)

18 (8.9)

p < 0.01

  1. WL waiting list, LT lung transplantation
  2. aoutcomes were considered until December 31, 2015
  3. bdata are reported as median and interquartile range
  4. cthree subjects were removed from the WL after 2.1, 0.8 and 0.8 years