Table 1. Donor characteristics.
| Characteristics | Donor characteristics by donor type/preservation strategy | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DCD-NMP (n=44) | BD-HMP (n=38) | BD-SCS (n=78) | P value | |
| Sex (M:F) | 38:6 | 27:11 | 54:24 | 0.1 |
| Age (years), mean ± SD | 35±11 | 36±13 | 36±12 | 0.8 |
| Height (cm), mean ± SD | 174±16 | 176±10 | 176±10 | 0.6 |
| Weight (kg), mean ± SD | 83±19 | 82±16 | 82±14 | 0.9 |
| Mechanism of death, n [%] | – | |||
| Hypoxic brain injury | 18 [41] | 22 [58] | 43 [55] | |
| CVA | 13 [30] | 11 [29] | 25 [32] | |
| Traumatic brain injury | 12 [27] | 5 [13] | 9 [12] | |
| Brain tumor (US) | 0 [0] | 0 [0] | 1 [1] | |
| Volunteer assisted dying | 1 [2] | – | – | |
| Transmedics OCS run time/donor preservation time/donor ischaemic time (BD donor) (min), mean ± SD | 249±49‡ (Transmedics OCS run time) | 361±89†,‡ (donor preservation time) | 208±47 (donor ischaemic time) | <0.001 |
| Donor located outside of state, n [%] | 27 [61]‡ | 28 [74]‡ | 19 [24] | <0.001 |
†, significantly greater than DCD-NMP group on post-hoc analysis; ‡, significantly greater than BD-SCS group on post-hoc analysis. DCD-NMP, donation after circulatory death-normothermic machine perfusion; BD-HMP, brain dead-hypothermic machine perfusion; BD-SCS, brain dead-static cold storage; F, female; M, male; SD, standard deviation; CVA, cerebrovascular accident; BD, brain dead; OCS, organ care system.