Table 3.
Clinical characteristics of proceeding kidney donors who died from ligature asphyxiation compared to all other deceased donors
| DBD donors who died following ligature asphyxiation (n = 192) | DBD donors who died from all other causes (n = 8846) | P value | DCD donors who died following ligature asphyxiation (n = 217) | DCD donors who died from all other causes (n = 4291) | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (y) | 32 (22‐43) | 49 (37‐59) | <.001 | 34 (24‐47) | 54 (43‐65) | <.001 |
| Male/female | 113 (58.9%)/79 (41.1%) | 4448 (50.3%)/4394 (49.7%) | .074 | 160 (73.7%)/57 (26.3%) | 2583 (60.2%)/1708 (39.8%) | <.001 |
| Unknown/unstated | 0 | 4 (<0.5%) | 0 | 0 | ||
| White ethnicity | 181 (94.3%) | 8404 (95.0%) | .658 | 208 (95.9%) | 4145 (96.6%) | .557 |
| History of hypertension | ||||||
| Yes/no | 5 (2.6%)/187 (97.4%) | 2172 (24.6%)/6480 (73.3%) | <.001 | 14 (6.5%)/197 (90.8%) | 1222 (28.5%)/2780 (64.8%) | <.001 |
| Unknown/unstated | 0‐ | 194 (2.2%) | 6 (2.8%) | 289 (6.7%) | ||
| History of cardiac disease | ||||||
| Yes/No | 1 (0.5%)/189 (98.4%) | 746 (8.4%)/7900(89.3%) | <.001 | 5 (2.3%)/199 (91.7%) | 598 (13.9%)/3359 (78.3%) | <.001 |
| Unknown/unstated | 2 (1.0%) | 200 (2.3%) | 13 (5.9%) | 334 (7.8%) | ||
| History of diabetes | ||||||
| Yes | 8 (4.2%)/183 (95.3%) | 480 (5.4%)/8272(93.5%) | .565 | 5 (2.3%)/201 (92.6%) | 325 (7.6%)/3696 (86.1%) | .007 |
| Unknown/unstated | 1 (0.5%) | 94 (1.1%) | 11 (4.9%) | 270 (6.3%) | ||
| Smoking history | ||||||
| Yes/no | 125 (65.1%)/65(33.9%) | 4231 (47.8%)/4522 (51.1%) | <.001 | 140 (64.5%)/74 (34.1%) | 1802 (42.0%)/2233 (52.1%) | <.001 |
| Unknown/unstated | 2 (1.0%) | 93 (1.1%) | 3 (1.4%) | 256 (6.0%) | ||
| Predonation serum creatinine (umol/L) | 121 (93‐162) | 84 (67‐107) | <.001 | 101 (80‐129) | 84 (65‐108) | <.001 |
| Missing | 0 | 9 (<0.5%) | 3 (1.4%) | 223 (5.2%) | ||
DBD, donation after brain stem death; DCD, donation after circulatory death; IQR, interquartile range.
Data shown as median and IQR.