Table 1:
Characteristics of 5,345 pediatric deceased donor liver transplants performed in the United States in the PELD/MELD era by graft type
| Characteristic | WLT | SLT | P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (N, %) | 3,651 (68.3) | 1,694 (31.7) | |||
| Donor | |||||
| Age (years) | |||||
| <18 | 3,079 (84.3) | 1,008 (59.5) | <0.001 | ||
| 18-50 | 497 (13.6) | 656 (38.7) | |||
| ≥50 | 75 (2.1) | 30 (1.8) | |||
| Female | 1,553 (42.5) | 644 (38.0) | 0.002 | ||
| Ethnicity/race | |||||
| Caucasian, non-Hispanic | 2,015 (55.2) | 1,050 (62.0) | <0.001 | ||
| African American | 765 (21.0) | 260 (15.4) | |||
| Hispanic | 736 (20.2) | 331 (19.5) | |||
| Asian | 72 (2.0) | 25 (1.5) | |||
| Mixed/other | 63 (1.7) | 28 (1.7) | |||
| Cause of death | |||||
| Anoxia | 1,281 (35.1) | 331 (19.5) | <0.001 | ||
| Stroke | 382 (10.5) | 225 (13.3) | |||
| Head trauma | 1,816 (49.8) | 1,069 (63.1) | |||
| unknown/other | 172 (4.7) | 69 (4.1) | |||
| Recipient | |||||
| Weight (kg) | |||||
| <10 | 1,201 (32.9) | 875 (51.7) | <0.001 | ||
| 10-35 | 1,367 (37.4) | 710 (41.9) | |||
| ≥35 | 1,083 (29.7) | 109 (6.4) | |||
| Female | 1,887 (51.7) | 847 (50.0) | |||
| Ethnicity/race | |||||
| Caucasian, non-Hispanic | 1,919 (52.6) | 820 (48.4) | <0.001 | ||
| African American | 639 (17.5) | 270 (15.9) | |||
| Hispanic | 772 (21.2) | 450 (26.6) | |||
| Asian | 199 (5.5) | 102 (6.0) | |||
| Mixed/other | 122 (3.3) | 52 (3.1) | |||
| Diagnosis | |||||
| Biliary atresia (BA) | 1,315 (36.0) | 748 (44.2) | <0.001 | ||
| Acute hepatic necrosis | 471 (12.9) | 222 (13.1) | |||
| Autoimmune | 229 (6.3) | 28 (1.7) | |||
| Congenital cholestasis (non-BA) | 148 (4.1) | 91 (5.4) | |||
| Metabolic | 561 (15.4) | 219 (12.9) | |||
| Tumor | 346 (9.5) | 170 (10.0) | |||
| Other | 581 (15.9) | 216 (12.8) | |||
| Allocation score at transplant | |||||
| aPELD/MELD <30, non-status 1 | 1,657 (45.4) | 618 (36.5) | <0.001 | ||
| aPELD/MELD ≥30, non-status 1 | 854 (23.4) | 438 (25.9) | |||
| aPELD/MELD ≥30, status 1 | 1,140 (31.2) | 638 (37.7) | |||
| Insurance | |||||
| Private | 1,731 (47.4) | 715 (42.2) | <0.001 | ||
| Public | 1,791 (49.1) | 935 (55.2) | |||
| Other/missing | 129 (3.5) | 44 (2.6) | |||
| Surgery | |||||
| Share type | |||||
| Local | 1,285 (35.2) | 744 (43.9) | <0.001 | ||
| Regional | 1,509 (41.3) | 871 (51.4) | |||
| National | 856 (23.5) | 79 (4.7) | |||
| Cold ischemia time (hours) | |||||
| <8 | 2,190 (60.0) | 1,009 (59.6) | 0.09 | ||
| 8-12 | 1,054 (28.9) | 525 (31.0) | |||
| ≥12 | 406 (11.1) | 160 (9.5) | |||
WLT: whole liver transplant; SLT: split liver transplant