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. 2025 Aug 26;25:424. doi: 10.1186/s12871-025-03288-4

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