Table 2.
Recipient and Donor Characteristics, Stratified by Discharge Timing and Scheduled Follow-Up from the Initial Transplant Admission
| Monday–Thursday N=294 |
Friday N=65 |
Weekend N=109 |
Pa | Follow Up in ≤2 days N=99 |
3–6 days N=153 |
7+ days N=67 |
Missing N=149 |
Pb | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recipient Characteristics | |||||||||
| Age at Transplant (Years) | 58 (48, 64) | 56 (46, 63) | 54 (46, 62) | 0.23 | 54 (46, 64) | 59 (48, 64) | 57 (51, 62) | 57 (47, 62) | 0.23 |
| Black Race | 139 (47%) | 36 (55%) | 168 (47%) | 0.34 | 48 (48%) | 76 (50%) | 30 (45%) | 69 (46%) | 0.90 |
| Male Sex | 201 (68%) | 37 (57%) | 69 (63%) | 0.18 | 67 (68%) | 97 (63%) | 43 (64%) | 100 (67%) | 0.87 |
| Dialysis Vintage (Years) | 0.32 | 0.005 | |||||||
| 0 | 36 (12%) | 7 (11%) | 8 (7%) | 6 (6%) | 28 (18%) | 6 (9%) | 11 (7%) | ||
| <1 year | 24 (8%) | 5 (8%) | 9 (8%) | 8 (8%) | 15 (10%) | 8 (12%) | 7 (5%) | ||
| >=1 and <3 years | 42 (14%) | 14 (22%) | 26 (24%) | 20 (20%) | 28 (18%) | 14 (21%) | 20 (13%) | ||
| >=3 years | 192 (65%) | 39 (60%) | 66 (61%) | 65 (66%) | 82 (54%) | 39 (58%) | 111 (74%) | ||
| Hepatitis C | 19 (6%) | 4 (6%) | 8 (7%) | 0.86 | 7 (7%) | 10 (7%) | 4 (6%) | 10 (7%) | 0.62 |
| HIV | 8 (3%) | 3 (5%) | 5 (5%) | 0.78 | 6 (6%) | 1 (1%) | 1 (1%) | 8 (5%) | 0.11 |
| Diabetes | 107 (36%) | 24 (37%) | 42 (39%) | 0.93 | 38 (38%) | 61 (40%) | 23 (34%) | 51 (34%) | 0.73 |
| Hypertension | 278 (95%) | 64 (98%) | 104 (95%) | 0.40 | 92 (93%) | 146 (95%) | 61 (91%) | 147 (99%) | 0.05 |
| CAD | 52 (18%) | 9 (14%) | 19 (17%) | 0.81 | 19 (19%) | 17 (11%) | 9 (13%) | 35 (23%) | 0.14 |
| Primary Insurance Type | 0.76 | 0.16 | |||||||
| Medicaid & Medicare | 208 (71%) | 43 (66%) | 77 (71%) | 70 (71%) | 100 (65%) | 44 (66%) | 114 (77%) | ||
| Private Insurance | 86 (29%) | 22 (34%) | 32 (29%) | 29 (29%) | 53 (35%) | 23 (34%) | 35 (23%) | ||
| BMI (kg/m2) | 28 (24, 32) | 30 (25, 33) | 29 (26, 32) | 0.13 | 29 (25, 33) | 28 (24, 32) | 28 (25, 31) | 28 (25, 33) | 0.67 |
| Donor/Allograft Characteristics | |||||||||
| Donor Age (Years) | 46 (30, 54) | 38 (26, 55) | 44 (28, 54) | 0.31 | 43 (31, 54) | 44 (27, 53) | 49 (30, 55) | 48 (29, 54) | 0.43 |
| Donor Race | 0.76 | 0.002 | |||||||
| White | 202 (69%) | 43 (66%) | 80 (73%) | 60 (61%) | 116 (76%) | 42 (63%) | 107 (72%) | ||
| Black | 46 (16%) | 12 (18%) | 18 (17%) | 19 (19%) | 19 (12%) | 19 (28%) | 19 (13%) | ||
| Asian | 9 (3%) | 3 (5%) | 1 (1%) | 1 (1%) | 3 (2%) | 3 (4%) | 6 (4%) | ||
| Unknown | 36 (12%) | 7 (11%) | 9 (8%) | 18 (18%) | 14 (9%) | 3 (4%) | 17 (11%) | ||
| Donor Male Sex | 175 (60%) | 35 (58%) | 73 (67%) | 0.35 | 66 (67%) | 83 (54%) | 42 (63%) | 95 (64%) | 0.19 |
| KDPI | 54 (31, 73) | 54 (33, 74) | 51 (32, 74) | 0.36 | 47 (27, 68) | 52 (27, 72) | 62 (39, 76) | 55 (36, 74) | 0.31 |
| Delayed Graft Function | 122 (41%) | 28 (43%) | 30 (28%) | 0.03 | 37 (37%) | 65 (42%) | 27 (40%) | 51 (34%) | 0.51 |
| DCDD | 56 (19%) | 12 (18%) | 22 (20%) | 0.95 | 16 (16%) | 24 (16%) | 15 (22%) | 35 (23%) | 0.26 |
| Cold Ischemia Time (Hours) | 15 (12, 21) | 16 (12, 19) | 14 (11, 23) | 0.98 | 15 (12, 18) | 14 (11, 18) | 15 (11, 21) | 16 (13, 22) | 0.02 |
| Discharge Condition | |||||||||
| NODAT | 36 (12%) | 7 (11%) | 15 (14%) | 0.36 | 11 (11%) | 21 (14%) | 9 (13%) | 17 (11%) | 0.90 |
| Length of Stay > 4 Days | 143 (49%) | 25 (38%) | 38 (35%) | 0.03 | 41 (41%) | 57 (37%) | 32 (48%) | 76 (51%) | 0.09 |
| Discharge on Dialysis | 48 (16%) | 12 (18%) | 17 (16%) | 0.88 | 14 (14%) | 30 (20%) | 10 (15%) | 23 (15%) | 0.63 |
| Discharge on Insulin | 114 (42%) | 27 (42%) | 48 (44%) | 0.92 | 41 (43%) | 72 (49%) | 27 (40%) | 49 (36%) | 0.14 |
Abbreviations: HIV—Human Immunodeficiency Virus; CAD—Coronary Artery Disease (defined as history of myocardial infarction, coronary bypass, or angioplasty/stent); BMI—Body Mass Index; k—kilograms; m—meters; KDPI—Kidney Donor Profile Index; DCDD—Donation after Circulatory Determination of Death; NODAT—New Onset Diabetes after Transplantation
a
—Comparing weekday and weekend discharge
b
—Comparing durations to outpatient follow-up