Table 1.
Characteristics of SCOT study OTR compared with all kidney, kidney/pancreas and heart transplants at Seattle area transplant institutions, 1995–2010
| SCOT Participants | OPTNa 1995–2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | (n = 2004) | (n = 4112) |
| Age at transplant | ||
| 18–49 | 1013 (50.5) | 2063 (50.2) |
| 50–64 | 787 (39.2) | 1582 (38.5) |
| 65+ | 204 (10.2) | 466 (11.3) |
| Year of transplant | ||
| 1995–99 | 426 (21.3) | 1143 (27.7) |
| 2000–04 | 691 (34.5) | 1405 (34.2) |
| 2005–10 | 887 (44.3) | 1564 (38.0) |
| Sex | ||
| Male | 1184 (59.1) | 2526 (61.4) |
| Female | 820 (40.9) | 1586 (38.6) |
| Organ transplanted | ||
| Kidney | 1601 (79.9) | 3373 (82.0) |
| Heart | 213 (10.6) | 377 (9.2) |
| Pancreas | 190 (9.5) | 362 (8.8) |
| Type of donor | ||
| Living | 600 (33.6) | 1354 (32.9) |
| Living related | 359 (20.0) | NA |
| Living unrelated | 244 (13.6) | NA |
| Deceased | 970 (54.2) | 2758 (67.1) |
| Unknown | 218 (12.2) | 0 (0.0) |
aPublicly available data from the US Department of Health and Human Services, OPTN, (http://optn.transplant.hrsa.gov/), to which transplant centres in the USA are obligated to report all transplant surgeries; relationship status for the living donors was not available (NA) from OPTN.