Table 1.
Participant Characteristics at Time of Kidney Donation.
| Normal BMI (n = 36) |
Overweight and obesity class I, IIa
(n = 113) |
Totalb
(n = 151) |
P valuec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (y), mean (SD) | 46 (14.4) | 47 (13.1) | 47 (13.5) | .502 |
| Male, n (%) | 9 (25.7) | 52 (45.6) | 61 (40.4) | .032 |
| Donation to related recipient, n (%) | 12 (34.3) | 57 (50.0) | 70 (46.4) | .088 |
| Donation to related recipient with ESKD due to DM2, n (%) | 1/12 (8.3) | 5/57 (8.8) | 6/70 (8.6) | 1.00 |
| Fasting BG (mmol/L), mean (SD) | 4.90 (0.58) | 5.10 (0.47) | 5.05 (0.50) | .042 |
| HbA1c, mean (SD) | 0.054 (0) | 0.054 (0) | 0.054 (0) | .635 |
Note. BMI = body mass index; ESKD = end-stage kidney disease; DM2 = type 2 diabetes mellitus; BG = blood glucose; HbA1c = hemoglobin A1c.
a
Number of patients according to subgroups within this category: Overweight [BMI 25-29.9 kg/m2] = 67 (59.3%); Obese Class I [BMI 30-34.9 kg/m2] = 31 (27.4%); Obese Class II [BMI 35-39.9 kg/m2] = 15 (13.3%).
b
Includes 2 (1.3%) underweight patients with BMI less than 18.5 kg/m2.
c
For comparison of “Normal” BMI group with “Overweight or Obesity Class I, II” group: Student’s t test for continuous variables and chi-square test for categorical variables.