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. 2018 Jul 30;18(11):2739–2751. doi: 10.1111/ajt.14989

Table 2.

Factors associated with potential donors who died following ligature asphyxiation proceeding to donate 1 or more kidneys for transplantation

Donor characteristics (n = 521) Odds ratio (95% confidence interval) P value
Donor age (y) 0.975 (0.965‐0.985) <.001
Donor ethnicity
White 1.00
Non‐white 1.259 (0.829‐1.911) .279
Donor type
DCD 1.00
DBD 1.973 (1.664‐2.340) <.001
Past medical history of diabetes
No 1.00
Yes 0.951 (0.630‐1.436) .811
Past medical history of hypertension
No 1.00
Yes 1.223 (0.850‐1.758) .278
Past medical history of cardiac disease
No 1.00
Yes 0.901 (0.514‐1.580) .716
Past medical history of smoking
No 1.00
Yes 0.829 (0.706‐0.973) .022
History of intravenous drug use
No 1.00
Yes 0.543 (0.412‐0.715) <.001
History of imprisonment
No 1.00
Yes 1.438 (1.055‐1.961) .022
History of liver disease
No 1.00
Yes 0.479 (0.324‐0.709) <.001
Downtime (min) 1.005 (0.994‐1.016) .387
Predonation creatinine (umol/L) 1.000 (0.999‐1.002) .911