Single-lung transplantation in emphysema: Retrospective study analyzing survival and waiting list mortality

Table 1 Demographic, clinical characteristics, and complications of patients in the single-center series n (%)

	Study cohort	Single-lung	Double-lung	P-value
	n = 73	n = 40	n = 33
Age in years (mean ± SD)	54.9 ± 7.1	57.3 ± 6.1	51.9 ± 7.3	0.001
Gender (male)	62 (85%)	33 (82.5%)	29 (87.9%)	0.520
Underlying disease				0.940
α1-antitrypsin deficiency	18 (24.6%)	10 (25%)	8 (24.2%)
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	55 (75.3%)	30 (75%)	25 (75.2%)