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. 2013 Oct 9;27(6):E669–E678. doi: 10.1111/ctr.12251

Table 2.

Clinical variables stratified by ICD tertile at implantation

ICD on implantation biopsy p-Value
Zero n = 72 Moderate n = 68 High n = 78
ICD
 %, median, range 0 0–0 2 1–4 9 5–46
Donor age
 Years, mean, SD 41.3 14.6 46.3 14.5 57.6 11.1 <0.001c
Donor sex
 Female n,% 35 48.6 28 41.2 28 36.8 NS
Donor ethnic group
 Asian n,% 8 11.1 9 13.2 1 1.3 0.02d
 Black n,% 6 8.3 3 4.4 5 6.6
 Chin/oth/ns n,% 2 2.8 3 4.4 0 0.0
 White n,% 56 77.8 53 77.9 70 92.1
Donor creatinine
 μMol/L, geo mean, SD 75.9 1.4 77.2 1.5 79.6 1.4 NS
Donor DM
 n,% 2 2.8 1 1.5 6 8.1 NS
Donor weight
 Kilograms, mean, SD 77.7 19.5 78.1 14.2 81.5 13.0 NS
Donor ICH
 n,% 22 30.6 17 25.0 26 33.3 NS
Donor type
 DBD n,% 29 40.3 15 22.1 27 34.6 0.001a
 DCD n,% 11 15.3 21 30.9 33 42.3
 Live n,% 32 44.4 32 47.1 18 23.1
CIT (DCD and DBD only)
 Hours, mean, SD 16.1 4.7 16.2 5.5 16.1 4.4 NS

Numbers of deceased donors with CIT data: total 115; 35, 32, and 48 in each group, respectively. Abbreviations and characters as Table 1.

CIT, cold ischemic time; DBD, donated after brain death; DCD, donation after cardiac death; DM, diabetes mellitus; ICD, index of chronic damage; ICH, intracerebral hemorrhage

c

By analysis of variance (ANOVA).

d

By Fisher’s exact test.