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. 2015 Sep 14;34:955–961. doi: 10.1007/s00345-015-1679-0

Table 1.

Recipient and donor characteristics and surgical parameters

All (n = 4.519) Per time group
8 p.m.–8 a.m. (n = 1.480) 8 a.m.–8 p.m. (n = 3.039) p value
Donor characteristics
Age (year) 48.1 (15.4) 47.7 (15.2) 48.2 (15.5) .30
Male gender 2323 (51.4 %) 796 (53.8 %) 1527 (50.2 %) .03
BMI (kg/m2) 25.0 (4.4) 25.2 (4.5) 24.9 (4.4) .06
DBD 2695 (59.6 %) 935 (63.2 %) 1760 (57.9 %) .00
Right kidney side 2220 (49.1 %) 768 (51.9 %) 1452 (47.8 %) .01
Multiple arteries 926 (20.6 %) 299 (20.3 %) 627 (20.8 %) .74
Recipient characteristics
Age (year) 51.1 (15.0) 51.0 (15.1) 51.1 (15.0) .85
Male gender 2689 (59.5 %) 866 (58.5 %) 1823 (60.0 %) .34
BMI (kg/m2) 25.2 (4.5) 25.2 (4.5) 25.3 (4.5) .44
Smoker 689 (24.0 %) 226 (19.4 %) 463 (19.4 %) .98
Diabetes mellitus 637 (17.6 %) 222 (18.8 %) 415 (17.0 %) .20
History of vascular event 487 (15.2 %) 159 (13.2 %) 328 (13.2 %) .99
Duration dialysis (days) 1546.3 (982.8) 1572.9 (1023.6) 1533.3 (962.2) .21
Surgical parameters
Retransplantation 740 (16.4 %) 273 (18.4 %) 467 (15.4 %) .01
WIT1 (NHB) (min) 19.4 (7.7) 20.0 (7.9) 19.1 (7.5) .02
WIT2 (min) 34.6 (13.6) 34.8 (14.8) 34.5 (12.9) .57
CIT (min) 1058.0 (375.5) 1105.9 (400.7) 1034.6 (360.4) .00
Graft outcome
Technical failurea 93 (2.1 %) 15 (1.0 %) 78 (2.6 %) .00
Vascular 12 (.8 %) 49 (1.6 %) .03
Urological 3 (.2 %) 5 (.2 %) .77
Other 0 (.0 %) 24 (.8 %) .00
Technical failureb 183 (4.0 %) 49 (3.3 %) 134 (4.4 %) .08
PNF 27 (1.8 %) 40 (1.3 %) .18
NVK 7 (.5 %) 16 (.5 %) .17

BMI body mass index, CIT cold ischemia time, DBD donation after brain death, DCD donation after cardiac death, WIT1 first warm ischemia time, WIT2 second warm ischemia time

aDefined as technical failure excluding PNF and NVK

bDefined as technical failure including PNF and NVK