Table 1.
Comparison of donor candidate backgrounds.
| Group | Overall Secondary Research Enrollment |
Virtual Cross-Match Group | Excluded Group | p-Value * | Living Kidney Transplantation (2012–2021) | p-Value ** | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | 117 | 80 | 37 | 14,354 | |||
| Age (years) | 56.5 ± 12.1 | 56.3 ± 11.0 | 56.9 ± 14.5 | 0.815 | 58.0 | N/A | |
| Age distribution | 20–29 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.026 | 128 | 0.138 |
| 30–39 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 672 | |||
| 40–49 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 2314 | |||
| 50–59 | 38 | 31 | 7 | 4003 | |||
| 60–69 | 39 | 20 | 19 | 4862 | |||
| 70–79 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1919 | |||
| 80- | 2 | 1 | 1 | 75 | |||
| Sex (male/female) | 81:35 | 58:22 | 23:13 | 0.386 | 5213:9141 | <0.001 | |
| Relationship (spouse(husband/wife)/parent/sibling/other) | 81(70:11):17:13:6 | 59(51:8):11:6:4 | 22(19:3):6:7:2 | 0.131 | 5589:4885:1433:2447 | <0.001 | |
| Hypertension (yes/no) | 20:89 | 17:61 | 3:28 | 0.018 | 2481:9202 | 0.890 | |
| Diabetes mellitus (yes/no) | 10:101 | 9:69 | 1:32 | 0.058 | 568:11,109 | 0.014 | |
| s-Cre (mg/dL) | 0.85 ± 0.62 | 0.82 ± 0.14 | 0.93 ± 1.15 | 0.430 | 0.70 | N/A | |
| eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2) | 74.4 ± 14.5 | 72.6 ± 12.3 | 78.3 ± 18.4 | 0.074 | N/A | N/A | |
* Comparison between the virtual cross-match group and the excluded group. ** Comparison between the virtual cross-match group and living kidney transplantation (2012–2021). N/A, not available. Bolded numbers indicate significant differences.