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. 2022 Oct 10;29(5):508–520. doi: 10.1002/lt.26574

TABLE 2. Donor features according to the result of the viability assessment and outcome after transplant.

Donor characteristics and graft histology Discarded Transplanted p value Functioning PNF p value
n 4 10 8 2
Donor type 1.00 1.00
 DBD 4 (100) 9 (90) 7 (88) 2 (100)
 Category 3 DCD 0 (0) 1 (10) 1 (12) 0 (0)
Age, years 66 (60, 71) 61 (50, 71) 0.62 55 (50, 66) 70 (69, 71) 0.30
BMI 35 (34, 35) 35 (28, 36) 1.00 35 (32, 36) 40 (33, 47) 0.60
ITU stay, days 1.5 (1.0, 3.0) 3.0 (2.0, 5.8) 0.20 2.5 (2.0, 5.8) 4.5 (3.8, 5.2) 0.51
Sodium, mmol/L 147 (146, 150) 146 (144, 157) 0.78 147 (145, 160) 144 (144, 145) 0.36
AST, IU/L 197 (98, 616) 74 (33, 113) 0.18 88 (58, 139) 36 (33, 38) 0.30
ALT, IU/L 141 (57, 443) 48 (30, 121) 0.16 82 (34, 125) 33 (30, 37) 0.30
GGT, IU/L 88 (42, 142) 74 (35, 146) 0.72 74 (33, 132) 151 (95, 206) 0.60
Creatinine, mg/dl 1.5 (1.3, 2.0) 1.7 (0.9, 2.5) 0.83 2.2 (1.0, 2.7) 1.0 (0.8, 1.2) 0.30
Cold ischemia time, min 337 (311, 407) 244 (240, 326) 0.14 244 (229, 319) 353 (297, 409) 0.36
NMP time, min 284 (250, 306.5) 332 (300, 374) 0.16 302 (285, 365) 425 (392, 457) 0.15
Macrosteatosis, % 47 (41, 52) 40 (31, 57) 0.83 40 (34, 52) 55 (42, 67) 1.00
Microsteatosis, % 10 (5, 25) 20 (2, 27) 0.86 20 (7, 30) 10 (5, 15) 0.42

Note: Data are presented as count (percentage) or median (IQR).

Abbreviations: ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; BMI, body mass index; DBD, donation after brain death; DCD, donation after circulatory death; GGT, gamma‐glutamyltransferase; IQR, interquartile range; ITU, intensive therapy unit; NMP, normothermic machine perfusion; PNF, primary nonfunction.