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Immunol."],"abstract":"<jats:sec><jats:title>Background<\/jats:title><jats:p>Fraction of exhaled nitric oxide with an expiratory flow of 50 mL\/s (F<jats:sub>E<\/jats:sub>NO<jats:sub>50<\/jats:sub>) is a biomarker of eosinophilic airway inflammation. Liver transplant recipients have an increased risk of pulmonary infections, but little is known about the burden of chronic pulmonary diseases in this group. We aimed to assess the prevalence of elevated F<jats:sub>E<\/jats:sub>NO<jats:sub>50<\/jats:sub> in liver transplant recipients and compare it to controls from the general population.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>F<jats:sub>E<\/jats:sub>NO<jats:sub>50<\/jats:sub> was measured in 271 liver transplant recipients from The Danish Comorbidity in Liver Transplant Recipients (DACOLT) study and 1,018 age- and sex-matched controls from The Copenhagen General Population Study (CGPS). Elevated F<jats:sub>E<\/jats:sub>NO<jats:sub>50<\/jats:sub> was defined as \u226525 or \u226550 parts per billion (ppb). The analyses were adjusted for known and suspected confounders.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The median age of the liver transplant recipients was 55 years (interquartile range (IQR) 46\u201364), and 58% were men. The liver transplant recipients had a higher median F<jats:sub>E<\/jats:sub>NO<jats:sub>50<\/jats:sub> than the controls [16 ppb (IQR 10\u201326) vs. 13 ppb (IQR 8\u201318.), <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001]. Furthermore, the liver transplant recipients had a higher prevalence of elevated F<jats:sub>E<\/jats:sub>NO<jats:sub>50<\/jats:sub> (for F<jats:sub>E<\/jats:sub>NO<jats:sub>50<\/jats:sub> \u226525 ppb 27% vs. 11%, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001 and \u226550 ppb 4% vs. 2%, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.02). The results were similar after adjusting for age, sex, smoking status, use of airway medication, and blood eosinophil counts [the adjusted odds ratio (OR) for F<jats:sub>E<\/jats:sub>NO<jats:sub>50<\/jats:sub> \u226525 ppb was 3.58 (95% CI: 2.50\u20135.15, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.0001) and the adjusted OR for F<jats:sub>E<\/jats:sub>NO<jats:sub>50<\/jats:sub> \u226550 ppb was 3.14 (95% CI: 1.37\u20137.20, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.007)].<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>The liver transplant recipients had elevated F<jats:sub>E<\/jats:sub>NO<jats:sub>50<\/jats:sub>, implying increased eosinophilic airway inflammation. 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