1 Clinical characteristics of eight transplant recipients with and 12 without bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome(BOS)
| BOS | Non-BOS | |
| Patients n | 8 | 12 |
| Sex F:M | 3:5 | 6:6 |
| Type of transplantation | ||
| Single-lung | 1 | 4 |
| Double-lung | 7 | 8 |
| Heart-lung | 0 | 0 |
| Underlying disease | ||
| COPD | 2 | 2 |
| α1-Antitrypsin deficency | 1 | 3 |
| Primary pulmonary hypertension | 1 | 1 |
| Idiopathic lung fibrosis | 1 | 3 |
| Cystic fibrosis | 3 | 1 |
| Cor pulmonale | 0 | 1 |
| Hämosiderosis | 0 | 1 |
| Age yrs | 45.0 (34.3–49.5) | 37.5 (25.0–54.2)# |
| Days of follow-up | 1288 (1116–1634) | 886 (480–2303)¶ |
| FEV1 after follow-up % baseline value | 46.5 (42.3–49.2) | 85.5 (80–93.3)+ |
| BOS grade 0 | 0 | 12 |
| BOS grade I | 1 | 0 |
| BOS grade II | 1 | 0 |
| BOS grade III | 6 | 0 |
| Histopathological confirmation | 5 | 0 |
Results expressed as median (25–75th percentile) or n. F: female; M: male; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; FEV1: forced expiratory volume in one second. #: p = 0.652; ¶: p = 0.894; +: p<0.0001.