Table 1.
Traditional risk factors of waitlist candidates by candidate status at time of listing.
| Parameter | Total (n=96) |
Transplanted (n=26) |
Died on Waitlist (n=39) |
Still Waiting (n=31) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N(%) | N(%) | N(%) | N(%) | p | |
| Age, median (IQR) | 50.7 (40.1–58.0) | 47.6 (36.3–60.5) | 54.5 (47.2–61.1) | 44.9 (38.7–51.8) | 0.01 |
| Male sex | 55 (57) | 18 (69) | 19 (49) | 18 (58) | 0.26 |
| Race | |||||
| Non African American | 46 (48) | 19 (73) | 18 (46) | 9 (29) | 0.004 |
| African American | 50 (52) | 7 (27) | 21 (54) | 22 (71) | |
| BMI (kg/m2), median (IQR) | 28.0 (24.0–33.4) | 26.5 (24.0–30.0) | 27.1 (22.0–32.0) | 31.5 (27.0–35.0) | 0.07 |
| BMI ≥ 30 | 37 (39) | 8 (31) | 11 (28) | 18 (60) | 0.02 |
| Time on dialysis (yrs), median (IQR) |
0.63 (0.0–2.3) | 0.13 (0.0–0.7) | 1.10 (0.3–4.3) | 0.92 (0.0–2.5) | 0.002 |
| On dialysis | 69 (72) | 13 (50) | 33 (85) | 23 (74) | 0.009 |
| Blood type | |||||
| A | 26 (27) | 6 (23) | 12 (31) | 8 (26) | 0.58 |
| B | 16 (17) | 3 (12) | 7 (18) | 6 (19) | |
| AB | 4 (4) | 0 (0) | 3 (8) | 1 (3) | |
| O | 50 (52) | 17 (65) | 17 (44) | 16 (52) | |
| Diabetes | |||||
| Type I | 9 (9) | 5 (19) | 3 (8) | 1 (3) | 0.25 |
| Type II | 33 (34) | 6 (23) | 16 (41) | 11 (36) | |
| None | 54 (56) | 15 (58) | 20 (51) | 19 (61) | |
| Hypertension | 86 (90) | 24 (92) | 33 (85) | 29 (95) | 0.49 |
| Coronary artery disease | 37 (39) | 8 (31) | 16 (41) | 13 (43) | 0.63 |
| Peripheral vascular disease | 4 (4) | 0 (0) | 4 (10) | 0 (0) | 0.06 |
| Hepatitis C | 9 (9) | 1 (4) | 6 (15) | 2 (7) | 0.27 |
| Prior transplant | 21 (22) | 2 (8) | 12 (31) | 7 (23) | 0.08 |
| Ever smoked | 52 (57) | 14 (56) | 23 (62) | 15 (52) | 0.69 |
| Alcohol use | 15 (16) | 6 (23) | 5 (13) | 4 (13) | 0.56 |
| Family history of diabetes | 34 (35) | 9 (35) | 15 (39) | 10 (32) | 0.86 |
| Family history of hypertension | 39 (41) | 8 (31) | 19 (49) | 12 (39) | 0.34 |
| Family history of CKD | 36 (38) | 11 (42) | 15 (39) | 10 (32) | 0.73 |
| QTC, median (IQR) | 461 (433–481) | 444 (416–469) | 466 (441–481) | 464.5 (438–485) | 0.13 |
| Ejection fraction, median (IQR) | 55.0 (51–61) | 55.0 (52–61) | 55.5 (51–63) | 55.0 (51–60) | 0.91 |
| Albumin, median (IQR) | 3.50 (3.1–3.8) | 3.70 (3.3–3.8) | 3.30 (3.1–3.7) | 3.50 (2.9–3.7) | 0.14 |
| HDL cholesterol, median (IQR) | 42.0 (32–55) | 37.0 (28–55) | 48.0 (39–63) | 39.0 (33–51) | 0.06 |
| LDL cholesterol, median (IQR) | 78.0 (59–101) | 80.5 (68–117) | 71.0 (53–94) | 80.0 (54–111) | 0.23 |
| Triglycerides, median (IQR) | 124.0 (85–204) | 112.0 (78–188) | 120.5 (73–205) | 129.0 (100–204) | 0.57 |
| Serum total protein, median (IQR) |
7.0 (6.4–7.7) | 6.8 (6.3–7.2) | 7.1 (6.3–8.0) | 7.3 (6.5–7.5) | 0.41 |
| Fasting blood glucose, median (IQR) |
107.5 (93–155) | 111.5 (99–155) | 111.0 (88–158) | 103.0 (92–155) | 0.82 |