Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the study population.

Parameter	Live Kidney Donors (n = 30)	Morbidly Obese Patients (n = 38)	p-Value
Age, years	47 ± 13	43 ± 9	0.17
Sex, F/M	12/18	31/7	0.003
Body weight, kg	82.8 ± 17.3	129.1 ± 24.6	<0.001
BMI, kg/m2	26.6 ± 4.6	44.5 ± 5.4	<0.001

Baseline characteristics of the study population; Values are depicted as mean ± standard deviation; Significant p-values are depicted in bold; At baseline, the morbidly obese patients group had a significantly higher average body weight and BMI and were significantly more often female.