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. 2012 Sep 7;13:103. doi: 10.1186/1471-2369-13-103

Table 2.

Characteristics of participants

  Donors
(n = 20)
Living donor kidney recipients(n = 15) Deceased donor kidney recipients(n = 12) p-value
Age, years (SD)
52.4 (12.2)
54.9 (9.1)
56.0 (10.9)
n.s.
Sex, No.
 
 
 
 
  Male
7 (35)
10 (67)
7 (58)
X2 = 3.78, p = 0.15
  Female
13 (65)
5 (33)
5 (42)
 
Time since surgery, years (SD)
3.7 (2.9)
3.7 (2.8)
4.8 (3.2)
n.s
Cause of renal failure in recipient*
  Diabetes
2
-
-
 
  Hypertension
-
-
1
 
  Glomerulonephritis
5
3
3
  Chronic pyelonephritis (reflux nephropathy)
2
3
1
  Cystic kidney
7
6
3
  Nephrocirrhosis
1
1
-
  Auto-immune cause (e.g. SLE)
2
-
1
  Malignancy
-
-
1
  Other urologic causes
1
1
-
  Unknown
-
1
2
Type of dialysis in recipient*
  None
5
6
-
 
  Haemodialysis
6
4
4
X2 = 7.77, p = 0.20
  Peritoneal dialysis
4
4
5
 
  Both
5
1
3
Average duration of dialysis before transplantation in recipient, years (range) *
1.2 (0–4.4)
0.5 (0–3.1)
4.0 (1.1–6.3)
p < 0.05
Donor-recipient relationship, No.
 
 
 
  Partner relationship
8
5
 
  Parent–child relationship (incl. in-law)
5
3
NA
  Brother-sister relationship (incl. in-law)
4
4
 
  Other family
1
-
 
  Friend 2 3  

NA = not applicable * For donors this refers to the recipient for whom they have donated a kidney.