Clinical and Pathologic Features in Lung or Heart and Lung Transplanted Patients with a Diagnosis of Pulmonary Sarcoidosis

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Table. Patient demographics and investigation results according to pulmonary arterial pressure Characteristics Whole Group (n= 63) Value Number mPAP Value Number mPAP≥ 25 (n= 45) Value Number P value Age (range) (year) 46.6±15.3 (18-79) 63 45.0±13.0 (18-65) 18 47.2±16.2 (19-79) 45 0.598 Male gender (%) 24 (38.1%) 7 (38.9%) 17 (37.8%) 0.935 WHO class II/III 17 (27.0%)/ 46 (73.0%) 63 5 (27.8%)/ 13 (72.2%) 18 12 (26.7%)/ 33 (73.3%) 45 1 pro-BNP (pg/ml) 302 (76, 1273) 62 58 (41, 121) 18 517 (202, 1805) 44 < 0.001 6-min walk (range) (m) 329±131 (68-587) 55 350±174 (75-587) 16 320±120 (68-550) 39 0.517 Forced Expiratory Volume in the first second (% predicted