Table 1.
Left versus right renal allograft (living donors): donor and recipient demographics and allograft functioning
| Left kidney (n = 3097) |
Right kidney (n = 1275) |
p value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donor characteristics | |||
| Age (year) | 51.5 (SD 11.6) | 50.7 (SD 12.5) | 0.05 |
| Male gender | 1.375 (44.4 %) | 553 (43.4 %) | 0.54 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 26.0 (4.1) | 25.8 (SD 4.1) | 0.35 |
| Multiple arteries | 83 (13.2 %) | 14 (9.0 %) | 0.16 |
| Recipient | |||
| Age (year) | 48.1 (SD 13.9) | 47.2 (SD 14.4) | 0.04 |
| Male gender | 1.891 (61.1 %) | 773 (60.6 %) | 0.79 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 25.1 (SD 4.1) | 24.9 (SD 4.3) | 0.06 |
| Smoker | 443 (17.9 %) | 209 (19.7 %) | 0.20 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 325 (13.2 %) | 139 (13.0 %) | 0.89 |
| Vascular event | 247 (9.0 %) | 84 (7.4 %) | 0.01 |
| Duration dialysis (days) | 473 (677) | 496 (713) | 0.32 |
| Surgical parameters | |||
| Retransplantation | 358 (11.6 %) | 168 (13.2 %) | 0.14 |
| WIT2 (min) | 27.6 (SD 12.0) | 30.1 (SD 13.6) | <0.00 |
| CIT (min) | 157 (SD 107) | 162 (SD 93) | 0.20 |
| Renal outcome | |||
| Technical failurea | 23 (0.7 %) | 21 (1.6 %) | 0.01 |
| Vascular problems | 21 (0.7 %) | 19 (1.5 %) | |
| Urological | 1 (0.0 %) | 0 (0.0 %) | |
| Other | 0 (0.0 %) | 2 (0.1 %) | |
| Technical failureb | 26 (0.8 %) | 27 (2.1 %) | <0.00 |
| PNF | 3 (0.1 %) | 6 (0.5 %) | |
| NVK | 0 (0.0 %) | 0 (0.0 %) | |
| Creatinine | |||
| Month 3 µmol/l | 134 (SD 74) | 145 (SD 116) | <0.00 |
| Year 1 µmol/l | 137 (SD 78) | 135 (SD 61) | 0.58 |
| DGF | 77 (2.6 %) | 27 (2.1 %) | 0.58 |
BMI body mass index, CIT cold ischemia time, DGF delayed graft function, PNF primary non-function, NVK non-viable kidney, WIT2 second warm ischemia time
aExcluding “primary non-function” and “non-viable kidneys”
bIncluding “primary non-function” and “non-viable kidneys”