Table 1.
Donor demographics.
| Donor Characteristics | Overall Cohort (n = 40) |
DBD (n = 27) |
DCD (n = 13) |
p Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age [y, median (IQR)] | 62 (51–70) | 66 (53–75) | 53 (48–59) | 0.0075 |
| Sex ratio [n (%)] | ||||
| Male | 23 (57.5%) | 12 (44.4%) | 11 (84.6%) | |
| Female | 17 (42.5%) | 15 (55.6%) | 2 (15.4%) | 0.0204 |
| BMI [kg/m2, median (IQR)] | 28.0 (25.0–30.0) | 28.0 (26.0–32.0) | 26.0 (24.0–28.0) | 0.1165 |
| Cause of death | ||||
| CVA | 22 | 19 | 3 | |
| Circulatory | 7 | 2 * | 5 # | |
| Trauma | 8 | 5 | 3 | |
| Other | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| ECD [n (%)] | 37 (92.5%) | 24 (88.8%) | 13 (100%) | 0.6847 |
| DRI [median (IQR)] | 1.89 (1.72–2.32) | 1.80 (1.65–1.80) | 2.35 (2.06–2.88) | 0.0007 |
* hypoxic brain damage (n = 1), not otherwise specified (n = 1); # cardiac arrest (n = 5); DBD, donation after brain death; DCD, donation after circulatory death; y, years; IQR, interquartile range; BMI, body mass index; CVA, cerebrovascular accident; ECD, extended criteria donor; DRI, donor risk index.