Table 1.
Baseline recipient and donor characteristics
| Total (n = 36) |
Days Alive and Out of Hospital > Median (n = 13) |
Days Alive and Out of Hospital ≤ Median (n = 23) |
P Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recipient Characteristics | ||||
| Age, years | 52 (44–59) | 48 (41–54) | 54 (46–62) | 0.083 |
| Male | 20 (56%) | 8 (62%) | 12 (52%) | 0.587 |
| Hispanic | 8 (22%) | 4 (31%) | 4 (17%) | 0.354 |
| Race | ||||
| Asian | 8 (22%) | 3 (23%) | 5 (22%) | 0.530 |
| Black | 8 (22%) | 2 (15%) | 6 (26%) | |
| White | 19 (53%) | 7 (54%) | 12 (52%) | |
| Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | 1 (3%) | 1 (8%) | 0 (0%) | |
| Height, cm | 170 (159–183) | 172 (158–180) | 168 (160–185) | 0.895 |
| Dry weight, kg | 81 (67–98) | 85 (74–99) | 76 (63–96) | 0.449 |
| Body mass index, kg/m2 | 28 (23–33) | 29 (24–34) | 28 (23–33) | 0.383 |
| Body surface area (Du Bois), m2 | 1.92 (1.72–2.17) | 1.93 (1.87–2.18) | 1.91 (1.66–2.16) | 0.610 |
| Baseline Comorbidities | ||||
| Hypertension | 36 (100%) | 13 (100%) | 23 (100%) | - |
| Diabetes | 9 (25%) | 4 (31%) | 5 (22%) | 0.548 |
| Coronary Artery Disease | 9 (25%) | 2 (15%) | 7 (30%) | 0.317 |
| Former Smoker | 13 (36%) | 4 (31%) | 9 (39%) | 0.616 |
| Ambulation Status | ||||
| Independent | 33 (92%) | 13 (100%) | 20 (87%) | 0.174 |
| Limited to level surfaces | 3 (8%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (13%) | |
| Preemptive transplant | 4 (11%) | 1 (8%) | 3 (13%) | 0.624 |
| Time on dialysis, years | 7.0 (3.9–9.3)a | 6.0 (4.2–7.8)b | 7.4 (2.7–9.8)c | 0.533 |
| Type of dialysis | ||||
| Hemodialysis | 24 (75%)a | 11 (92%)b | 13 (65%)c | 0.092 |
| Peritoneal dialysis | 8 (25%)a | 1 (8%)b | 7 (35%)c | |
| Repeat transplant | 5 (14%) | 2 (15%) | 3 (13%) | 0.855 |
| Donor Organ Characteristics | ||||
| Donation after Circulatory Death | 7 (19%) | 1 (8%) | 6 (26%) | 0.180 |
| Kidney Donor Profile Index, % | 37 (26–58) | 32 (18–35) | 41 (29–73) | 0.054 |
| Machine Perfusion | 9 (25%) | 4 (31%) | 5 (22%) | 0.548 |
| Cold Ischemia Time, min | 790 (492–1137) | 750 (414–936) | 806 (540–1218) | 0.138 |
| Warm Ischemia Time, min | 30 (25–36) | 30 (25–40) | 30 (24–35) | 0.779 |
Values presented as medians with 25th and 75th percentiles, or as numbers (n) and percentages (%)
aTotal n = 32, accounting for four preemptive transplant patients in the total cohort
bTotal n = 12, accounting for one preemptive transplant patient in the group of patients who experienced median number of day alive and out of the hospital
cTotal n = 20, accounting for three preemptive transplant patients in the group of patients who experienced ≤ median number of days alive and out of the hospital