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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 10.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Transplant. 2014 Feb 24;14(4):886–896. doi: 10.1111/ajt.12635

Table 4.

Perfusate Biomarker Concentration by Organ Discard Status

Biomarker Discarded
Kidneys
(N=128)
Transplanted
& DGF
(N=141)
Transplanted
& Non-DGF
(N=287)
P-value
(Discard vs.
DGF)
P-value
(Discard vs.
Non-DGF)
Base pi-GST, ug/L 188 [42–337] 243 [76.3–398.8] 176 [61–335] 0.07 0.90
Post pi-GST, ug/L 580 [353–965] 652 [394–980] 446 [298–870] 0.34 0.12
Base alpha-GST, ug/L 93 [16–270] 153 [66.3–412.5] 140 [38–373] 0.004 0.03
Post alpha-GST, ug/L 303 [158–723] 506 [225.6–865] 372 [215–747.5] 0.02 0.22
Renal resistance at 4 hrs,
mmHg/ml/min
0.29 [0.21–0.4] 0.23 [0.19–0.32] 0.22 [0.17–0.29] <0.001 <0.001
Perfusate flow at 4 hrs,
ml/min
93 [71–118] 110 [91–131] 114 [98–131] <0.001 <0.001

Values are medians [interquartile range]. DGF, delayed graft function; GST, glutathione S-transferase. P-values were obtained by Wilcoxon rank sum tests comparing discarded kidneys with transplanted kidneys that either did or did not develop DGF as indicated.