Table 2.
Comparison between living and deceased patients on the national living transplant waiting list (n = 364).
| Patient characteristics | Living (n = 183) | Deceased (n = 181) | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | |||
| Age, years (Median (25th, 75th percentile) | 47.0 (38.0; 56.0) | 48.0 (40.0; 55.0) | 0.467* | |||
| Age group, years | < 10 | 3 | 1.6 | 5 | 2.8 | 0.264 |
| 10–19 | 10 | 5.5 | 7 | 3.9 | ||
| 20–29 | 8 | 4.4 | 4 | 2.2 | ||
| 30–39 | 30 | 16.4 | 26 | 14.4 | ||
| 40–49 | 55 | 30.1 | 53 | 29.3 | ||
| 50–59 | 53 | 29.0 | 69 | 38.1 | ||
| 60–69 | 24 | 13.1 | 15 | 8.3 | ||
| ≥ 70 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1.1 | ||
| Sex | Female | 97 | 53.0 | 101 | 55.8 | 0.334 |
| Male | 86 | 47.0 | 80 | 44.2 | ||
| Blood group | 0 | 58 | 31.7 | 64 | 35.4 | 0.865 |
| A | 51 | 27.9 | 50 | 27.6 | ||
| B | 59 | 32.2 | 52 | 28.7 | ||
| AB | 15 | 8.2 | 15 | 8.3 | ||
| Rhesus D antigen | positive | 174 | 95.1 | 176 | 97.2 | 0.415 |
| negative | 9 | 4.9 | 5 | 2.8 | ||
*—test of difference was Mann–Whitney U test.