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. 2015 Dec 14;11(2):317–323. doi: 10.2215/CJN.07190715

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of deceased donors of transplanted and discarded expanded criteria donor and donation after circulatory death kidneys

Donor Characteristics Both Kidneys Transplanted (n=381) One Kidney Transplanted (n=116) Both Kidneys Discarded (n=399) P Value
Age (yr), mean±SD 59±5.3 60±5.8 59.7±5.9 0.12
Women, % 43.3 37.1 40.1 0.43
Race, %
 White 89 84.5 84.2 0.12
 Black 4.7 4.3 8.3
 Hispanic 3.4 6.9 5.5
 Other 2.9 4.3 2
Cause of death, %
 Anoxia 21.3 25.9 24.8 0.21
 Cerebrovascular accident 63 55.2 59.7
 Head trauma 11.6 14.7 8.8
 Other 4.2 4.3 6.8
Hypertension, % 74 79.3 74.4 0.50
Diabetes mellitus, % 12.9 15.5 28.6 <0.001
Serum creatinine (mg/dl), median (IQR) 0.9 (0.7, 1.2) 0.9 (0.7, 1.2) 1.2 (0.9, 1.7) <0.001
Body height (cm), median (IQR) 170.2 (165.1, 180.0) 171.5 (162.6, 177.8) 172.7 (165, 178) 0.83
Body weight (kg), median (IQR) 85.5 (74.0, 102.1) 82.5 (70, 98) 85 (71.0, 99.8) 0.47
Blood type, %
 A 36.8 34.5 40.9 0.18
 B 11.6 10.3 10
 AB 1.8 5.2 4.8
 O 49.9 50 44.4
Hepatitis C antibody positivity, % 0.8 3.5 4 0.001
Hepatitis B core antibody positivity, % 2.9 6 6.3 0.002
Renal biopsy, % 94 97.4 75.7 <0.001
Pulsatile machine perfusion use, % 79 80.2 39.9 <0.001
Heavy alcohol use 16.8 12.1 12.8 0.21

IQR, interquartile range.