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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 31.
Published in final edited form as: J Hepatol. 2014 Sep 6;62(2):346–353. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2014.08.043

Table 1.

Characteristics of donors

SF-36 Data (N=374) No SF-36 Data (N=84)
N or Mean, SD Percent or Range N or Mean, SD Percent or Range
Race
 American Indian or Alaska Native 2 0.5 0 0.0
 Asian 8 2.1 2 2.4
 Black/African American 9 2.4 3 3.6
 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.3 1 1.2
 White 349 93.3 73 86.9
 More than One Race 5 1.3 5 6.0
Ethnicity §
 Hispanic/Latino 46 12.3 18 21.4
 Not Hispanic/Latino 328 87.7 66 78.6
Sex
 Male 174 46.5 42 50.0
 Female 200 53.5 42 50.0
Age at evaluation for donation 38.0, 10.2 18.2 – 62.7 36.6, 10.7 18.8 – 54.6
BMI at evaluation for donation 26.2, 4.0 16.4 – 42.4 26.6, 3.4 20.4 – 34.7
Relationship to recipient
 Biological 233 62.3 56 66.7
 Non-biological 97 25.9 19 22.6
 Spouse 44 11.8 9 10.7
Education attainment at evaluation for donation§
 Bachelor’s degree or higher 161 43.0 22 26.2
 Less than a bachelor’s degree 177 47.3 51 60.7
 Missing 36 9.6 11 13.1
Current smoker 37 9.9 13 15.5
Previous smoker 59 15.8 15 17.9
History of depression 29 7.8 2 2.4
Systemic hypertension 9 2.4 2 2.4
Patient reports pain drug use 70 18.7 12 14.3
 Non-prescription drug use 66 17.6 10 11.9
 Prescription drug use 7 1.9 2 2.4
Complication occurred before study end point*
 Any grade 159 42.5 36 42.9
 Grade 1 α 57 15.2 11 13.1
 Grade 2 α 95 25.4 23 27.4
 Grade 3 α 2 0.5 1 1.2
SF-36 Data (N=374) No SF-36 Data (N=84)
N or Mean, SD Percent or Range N or Mean, SD Percent or Range
Complication occurred before last SF-36 time
period
147 39.3 -- --
 Grade 1 α 51 13.6 -- --
 Grade 2 α 90 24.1 -- --
 Grade 3 α 2 0.5 -- --
Recipient graft failure before study end point* 109 29.1 33 39.3
 Recipient graft failure before or during last donor
SF-36 time period
105 28.1 -- --
Recipient death before study end point* 82 21.9 22 26.2
 Recipient death before or during last donor SF-36
time period
Enrolled in A2ALL study before donation §
57
219
15.2
58.6
--
30
--
35.7
§

P-value < 0.05. Ethnicity (Chi-square test, p=0.03), education (Chi-square test, p=0.02), consented to A2ALL study before donation (Chi-square test, p=0.0001)

α

Complication grade not collected after August 31, 2010

*

Recipient graft failure/death occurred before the end of the A2ALL Cohort study

Recipient graft failure/death occurred before the donor’s last SF-36 form was completed