Extended travel for donor organs: Is cold static storage still relevant

Table 1 Recipient characteristics, n (%)

Variable	Overall (n = 897)	Cold static storage (n = 792)	Ex vivo lung perfusion (n = 105)	P value
Age	64 (57, 68)	64 (57, 68)	63 (56, 68)	0.365
Male sex	551 (61.4)	490 (61.9)	61 (58.1)	0.522
Race				0.816
White	659 (73.5)	582 (73.5)	77 (73.3)
Black	89 (9.9)	77 (9.7)	12 (11.4)
Other	149 (16.6)	133 (16.8)	16 (15.2)
Body mass index (kg/m2)	26.6 (23.3, 29.4)	26.7 (23.3, 29.4)	26.4 (23.7, 29.3)	0.67
Diabetes	150 (16.8)	128 (16.3)	22 (21)	0.286
Former smoker	509 (56.7)	444 (56.1)	65 (61.9)	0.404
Glomerular filtration rate (mL/minute/1.73 m2)	91 (74.6, 119.3)	90.3 (74.4, 117.8)	97.2 (76.7, 125.3)	0.286
Mean pulmonary artery pressure (mm Hg)	25 (20, 30.5)	25 (20, 30)	24 (21, 32)	0.477
Diagnosis				0.755
Cystic fibrosis/immunodeficiency	24 (2.7)	21 (2.7)	3 (2.9)
Obstructive lung disease	207 (23.1)	179 (22.6)	28 (26.7)
Pulmonary vascular disease	36 (4)	31 (3.9)	5 (4.8)
Restrictive lung disease	630 (70.2)	561 (70.8)	69 (65.7)
Lung allocation score	41.2 (35.7, 55.2)	41.3 (35.8, 55.9)	40.5 (35.5, 53.7)	0.434
Hospitalized prior to transplant				0.8
Not hospitalized	643 (75.5)	561 (75.1)	82 (78.1)
Hospitalized	82 (9.6)	73 (9.8)	9 (8.6)
In intensive care unit	127 (14.9)	113 (15.1)	14 (13.3)
Pre-operative ventilator	47 (5.2)	44 (5.6)	3 (2.9)	0.351
Pre-operative extracorporeal membrane oxygenation	58 (6.5)	54 (6.8)	4 (3.8)	0.334
Days on wait list	34 (12, 117)	33 (12, 116)	42 (14, 122)	0.482

Variables are either presented as median, interquartile range or n, percentage when appropriate.