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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Surg. 2014 May 2;219(3):496–504. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2014.03.048

Table 3.

Donor Characteristics of Multiply Listed and Singly Listed Transplant Recipients

Characteristic SL-LT
(n = 30,612)
ML-LT
(n = 918)
p Value
Age, %
 39 y or younger 44.8 46.9 <0.001
 40 to 49 y 19.9 21.9 <0.001
 50 to 59 y 19.6 17.5 0.06
 60 to 69 y 11.2 10.0 0.16
 70+ y 4.6 3.6 0.97
Male, % 59.8 59.5 0.84
Blood type, %
 A 37.5 38.7 <0.001
 AB 3.5 1.0 0.001
 B 12.3 8.7 0.38
 O 46.7 51.6 <0.001
Ethnicity, %
 White 67.8 69.4 <0.001
 Black 16.5 16.1 0.004
 Hispanic/Latino 12.2 11.7 0.03
 Asian 2.3 1.5 0.55
 Other 1.2 1.3 0.22
Share type, %
 Local 75.0 68.7 <0.001
 Regional 19.3 26.5 <0.001
 National 5.7 4.8 0.57
CIT, %
 <9 75.4 79.4 <0.001
 9–11.9 14.4 12.4 0.24
 ≥12 4.8 4.0 0.6
 Missing 5.5 4.1 0.87
Split liver, % 4.7 5.6 0.23
Cause of death, %
 Anoxia 18.6 20.2 <0.001
 Other 2.5 2.7 0.09
 Stroke 40.0 38.1 <0.001
 Head trauma 35.2 34.0 <0.001
Live donor, % 3.6 5.0 0.03
HBV core+, % 5.3 4.8 0.5
HCV+, % 3.1 2.7 0.55
LT primary center,
 %
100.0 16.4 <0.001
DCD, % 5.2 6.3 0.12
CDC high risk, % 8.9 7.0 0.04
DRI, median
 (IQR)
1.39 (1.13–1.69) 1.39 (1.14–1.68) 0.83

CIT, cold ischemic time; DCD, donation after cardiac death; DRI, Donor Risk Index; HBV, hepatitis B virus; HCV, hepatitis C virus; IQR, interquartile range; LT, liver transplantation; ML, multiply listed; SL, singly listed.