Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the study population and main posttransplantation events, according to tertiles of donor agea
| Characteristic | Donor Age (yr; n = 74)
|
P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| <41(n = 24) | 41 to 53(n = 27) | >53(n = 23) | ||
| Donor age (yr; mean ± SD) | 28.3 ± 7.9 | 48.1 ± 7.4 | 59.6 ± 5.3 | 0.000 |
| ECD (%) | 0 | 0 | 65.2 | |
| Demographics | ||||
| recipient age (yr; mean ± SD) | 46 ± 12 | 47 ± 12 | 50 ± 8 | 0.431 |
| recipient gender (M/F) | 13/11 | 13/14 | 13/10 | 0.827 |
| pretransplantation dialysis time (mo; mean ± SD) | 29 ± 20 | 37 ± 32 | 33 ± 28 | 0.536 |
| CV risk factors | ||||
| previous diabetes (%) | 4.2 | 11.1 | 8.7 | 0.658 |
| hypertension (%) | 87.5 | 88.9 | 82.6 | 0.798 |
| current smoking (%) | 20.8 | 11.1 | 21.7 | 0.595 |
| dyslipidemia (%) | 50.0 | 48.1 | 65.2 | 0.429 |
| previous CVD (%) | 4.2 | 3.7 | 13.0 | 0.350 |
| BMI (kg/m2; mean ± SD) | 23 ± 3 | 22 ± 4 | 22 ± 4 | 0.394 |
| Main posttransplantation events | ||||
| BPAR (%) | 16.6 | 22.2 | 13.0 | 0.690 |
| NOD (%) | 21.7 | 22.2 | 21.7 | 0.982 |
a
BMI, body mass index; BPAR, biopsy-proven acute rejection; CVD, CV disease; NOD, new-onset diabetes.