Table 1

Recipient characteristics

Mean recipient age (years)42 (range 14–66)
Recipient gender25 women, 33 men
Transplant type (number of patients)
 Single lung26
 Double lung31
 Heart lung1
Number of patients with n numbers of treated acute rejection episodes (within 3/12 months post-ltx)
 n=031/28
 n=110/14
 n=214/11
 n=32/5
Number of patients developing BOS*28 of 58
Early onset (0.4–1.2 years post-ltx)15
Late onset (2.3–4.4 years post-ltx)13
Number of patients (early/late onset) with maximal BOS grade of*
 Grade 11/6
 Grade 21/5
 Grade 313/2
  • *Within 5 years post-ltx follow-up.

  • BOS, bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome; ltx, lung transplantation.