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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Transplant. 2013 May 24;13(7):1840–1849. doi: 10.1111/ajt.12269

Table 2. Patient demographics with and without technical failure.

     Technical Failure
n = 114
No Technical Failure
n = 1001
P value
Recipient Factors
    Female 50 43.9% 504 50.3% 0.189
    Age 43.18 ± 0.80 43.57 ± 0.28 0.653
    BMI
      <25 46 42.6% 486 50.1% 0.232
      25–30 41 38.0% 344 35.4% 0.269
      >30 21 19.4% 141 14.5% 0.103
    Retransplant 27 23.7% 231 23.1% 0.884
    History of Vascular Disease 44 38.6% 421 42.1% 0.478
    Dialysis 54 49.1% 447 49.4% 0.944
    Smoking History 10 10.3% 116 12.4% 0.530
Donor Factors
    Female 42 36.8% 400 40.0% 0.509
    Age 34.22 ± 1.18 29.31 ± 0.40 < 0.001
    Race
      White 99 92.5% 836 93.5% 0.697
      African American 6 5.3% 49 4.9% 0.867
      Asian 1 0.9% 9 0.9% 0.980
    Cerebrovascular Accident (Stroke) 45 39.8% 303 30.4% 0.040
    Alcohol Abuse 15 13.6% 80 8.3% 0.060
    Head Trauma or Gunshot Wound 50 44.2% 541 54.2% 0.044
    Pancreatitis Donor 3 2.9% 2 0.2% < 0.001
    Drug Abuse 5 5.3% 53 6.3% 0.718
    Donation After Cardiac Death 1 0.9% 31 3.1% 0.178
    BMI 26.38 ± 0.43 24.53 ± 0.15 < 0.001
    Elevated Recent Creatinine 8 7.5% 21 2.3% 0.002
    Elevated Recent Serum Amylase 6 5.7% 31 3.6% 0.209
    Preservation Time in Hours 18.52 ± 0.45 17.19 ± 0.15 0.004
    Interval Admit to Brain Death (d) 1.67 ± 0.42 2.61 ± 0.44 0.126
    Pancreas Donor Risk Index 1.61 ± 0.06 1.33 ± 0.02 < 0.001
Surgical Factors
    Bladder Drainage 63 55.8% 647 64.6% 0.063
Allosensitization
    Peak PRA Class I 10.81 ± 2.74 9.38 ± 0.80 0.581
    Peak PRA Class II 8.79 ± 2.43 8.80 ± 0.83 0.995
    Peak_Overall_PRA 18.40 ± 3.15 19.77 ± 1.06 0.682
    Zero Mismatches 8 7.1% 57 5.8% 0.591
    Peak PRA Greater than 80 13 11.6% 130 13.1% 0.663
Immunosuppression
    Thymoglobulin or Atgam 99 88.4% 894 89.8% 0.653
    Campath 15 13.4% 199 20.0% 0.094
    IL-2R Monoclonal Antibody 62 55.4% 543 54.5% 0.866
    Tacrolimus 92 82.1% 825 82.8% 0.646
    Cyclosporine 4 3.6% 38 3.8% 0.898
    MMF 99 90.8% 900 90.5% 0.968
    Prednisone 56 50.5% 560 56.5% 0.227

Count and Percent; or Mean ± S.E.M.