Table 2. Donor characteristics.

	Weekday oLT (n = 246)	Weekend oLT (n = 83)	p-value
Age (years, mean ± SD)	50.8 ± 15.4	52.9 ± 13.9	0.272a
Gender (% males)	59.3	57.8	0.897b
BMI (kg/m2, median (Q0.25—Q0.75))	25.0 (23–1, 27.8)	25.7 (24.2–27.8)	0.222c
Donor center (% national)	87.4	95.2	0.062b
DRI (mean ± SD)	1.7 ± 0.3	1.8 ± 0.3	0.165a

Baseline donor characteristics stratified by weekday and weekend orthotopic liver transplantation. BMI = body mass index, DRI = donor risk index.

^a) Student’s t-test

^b) Fisher's exact test and

^c) Mann-Whitney U test, a p-value less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant.