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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 27.
Published in final edited form as: Transplantation. 2012 Mar 27;93(6):603–609. doi: 10.1097/TP.0b013e318245b2af

TABLE 2. Cohort Demographics: All ABO Compatible Pairs, Matched ABO Compatible Controls, and ABO Incompatible Pairs.

ABOc (all) ABOc (matched) ABOi
N 77,455 3,679 738
Recipient Characteristics
Age 45.4 [13.7] 46.8 [13.2] 46.9 [13.6]
Female (%) 40.8 41.6 42.1
BMI 26.7 [5.5] 27.0 [5.6] 26.9 [5.9]
College Educated (%) 53.8 55.4 59.4
Ethnicity (%)
 Caucasian 68.1 66.9 67.2
 African American 14.6 15.6 18.2
 Hispanic 12.3 12.7 10.3
Private Insurance (%) 58.1 59.4 59.4
Diabetes (%) 27.7 27.3 27.5
Sensitizing Events (%)
 Previous Transplant 11.7 15.7 16.9
 Previous Transfusion 19.7 12.6 10.9
 Previous Pregnancy 25.6 27.5 26.3
Peak %PRA 10.2 [22.4] 15.2 [28.3] 15.9 [29.5]
Years of RRT 2.3 [4.2] 2.9 [5.1] 3.0 [5.0]
Primary Diagnosis (%)
 Diabetes 23.1 22.6 22.6
 Hypertension/Large Vessel Disease 18.2 17.8 15.9
 Polycystic Kidney Disease 9.9 11.4 10.3
 Glomerulonephritis 26.1 25.0 25.6
Donor/Transplant Characteristics
Donor Age 40.3 [11.1] 40.3 [11.2] 42.5 [11.4]
Female Donor (%) 58.9 59.2 60.7
Mean HLA Mismatches 3.1 [1.7] 3.2 [1.7] 3.3 [1.7]
Crossmatch Positive (%) 1.9 5.1 5.3
Donor Relationship to Recipient (%)
 Parent 8.6 6.3 9.1
 Child 18.5 19.2 15.3
 Sibling 32.9 28.8 27.4
 Spouse/Life Partner 12.8 13.3 21.4
 Other Related 7.1 7.8 5.4
 Other Non-Related 20.1 24.7 21.3

Age, BMI, %PRA, years of RRT, and HLA mismatches are presented as mean [standard deviation], and all other variables are presented as proportions. ABOc, ABO compatible; ABOi, ABO incompatible; BMI, body mass index; %PRA, percent panel reactive antibody; RRT, renal replacement therapy.