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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Aug 30.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Transplant. 2016 Jul 12;16(12):3540–3547. doi: 10.1111/ajt.13917

Table 1.

Characteristics of live kidney donors at the time of donation, United States, October 1, 1987 – July 31, 2014a

n=125,427
Age, median years [IQR]b 40 [31–48]
 18–39 49
 40–49 29
 50–59 17
 60+ 4

Female (%): b 59

Race/Ethnicity (%): b
 White/Other 75
 Black 13
 Hispanic 12

Education (%):c
 High School or less 35
 Attended College 28
 Graduate or more 37

Relationship (%): b
 Parent/Child 30
 Sibling/Other related 39
 Unrelated 31

Body-mass Index (BMI), median kg/m2 d d[IQR]d 27 [24–30]
 <25 32
 25–29 41
 30–34 21
 35+ 5

Creatinine, median mg/dL [IQR]e 0.8 [0.7–1.0]

eGFR, median ml/min/1.73m2 [IQR] e,f 98 [84–110]
 <80 18
 80–99 35
 100+ 47

Blood pressure, mmHgg
 SBP, median [IQR] 120 [111–130]
  <120 45
  80–139 47
  140+ 8
 DBP, median [IQR] 74 [68–80]
  <80 69
  80–89 26
  90+ 5

Year Of Transplant (%):b
 1987–1993 11
 1994–1997 11
 1998–2001 16
 2002–2005 21
 2006–2009 20
 2010–2014 21
a

Data before April 1, 1994 were left censored

b

Data on age, sex, race/ethnicity, donor/recipient relationship, and year of transplant were available throughout the study

c

Not available before 1999; 50% with missing values in 2000; 30% with missing values in 2005; and 10% with missing values in 2009

d

Not available before 1998; 57% with missing values in 1999; 20% with missing values in 2000; and 10% with missing values in 2005

e

Not available before 1999; 49% with missing values in 1999; 11% with missing values in 2000; and 6% with missing values in 2001

f

Estimated using the CKD-EPI equation (41)

g

Not available before 1999; 43% with missing values in 1999; 20–30% with missing values from 2000–2003; 9–16% with missing values from 2004–2007