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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Transplantation. 2020 Mar;104(3):542–550. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000002908

Table 1.

Characteristics of SLK Recipients.

HCV negative recipients (N = 3786) HCV positive recipients (N = 2428)
No DGF DGF p-value No DGF DGF p-value
N = 2935 N = 851 N = 1926 N = 502
Recipient characteristics
Age at transplant, median (IQR) 57 (48, 63) 56 (46, 62) 0.003 56 (52, 61) 58 (52, 61) 0.01
Female 1150 (39.2%) 359 (42.2%) 0.1 493 (25.6%) 140 (27.9%) 0.3
Race 0.04 0.01
 White 2062 (70.3%) 558 (65.6%) 1053 (54.7%) 248 (49.4%)
 Black 296 (10.1%) 91 (10.7%) 473 (24.6%) 115 (22.9%)
 Other 577 (19.7%) 202 (23.7%) 400 (20.8%) 139 (27.7%)
Hospitalization pretransplant 885 (39.5%) 299 (50.7%) <0.001 578 (35.9%) 205 (53.4%) <0.001
MELD at transplant, median (IQR) 30 (24, 36) 33 (26, 39) <0.001 28 (23, 35) 33 (25, 39) <0.001
Dialysis pretransplant <0.001 <0.001
 Any 1778 (60.6%) 709 (83.3%) 1161 (60.3%) 414 (82.5%)
 < 6 weeks dialysis 602 (20.5%) 245 (28.8%) 339 (17.6%) 132 (26.3%)
 ≥ 6 weeks dialysis 1176 (40.1%) 464 (54.5%) 822 (42.7%) 282 (56.2%)
Years on dialysis, median (IQR) 0.1 (0.0, 0.4) 0.1 (0.03, 0.8) <0.001 0.1 (0.0, 0.8) 0.2 (0.03, 1.5) <0.001
Previous kidney transplantation 130 (4.4%) 42 (4.9%) 0.5 113 (5.9%) 31 (6.2%) 0.8
Previous liver transplantation 325 (11.1%) 87 (10.2%) 0.5 258 (13.4%) 70 (13.9%) 0.8
Donor characteristics
Age at procurement, median (IQR) 33 (22, 47) 40 (27, 50) <0.001 33 (23, 46) 40 (26, 50) <0.001
Female 1140 (38.8%) 357 (42.0%) 0.1 727 (37.7%) 200 (39.8%) 0.4
Race 0.1 0.01
 White 1938 (66.0%) 560 (65.8%) 1284 (66.7%) 301 (60.0%)
 Black 491 (16.7%) 123 (14.5%) 307 (15.9%) 80 (15.9%)
 Other 506 (17.3%) 168 (19.7%) 335 (17.4%) 121 (24.1)
BMI, median (IQR) 25 (22, 29) 27 (23, 31) <0.001 25 (23, 29) 26 (23, 30) 0.004
Creatinine, median (IQR) 0.9 (0.7, 1.2) 1.0 (0.7, 1.3) 0.01 0.9 (0.7, 1.2) 1.0 (0.7, 1.3) 0.02
History of hypertension 534 (18.3%) 243 (29.0%) <0.001 372 (19.4%) 133 (26.9%) <0.001
History of diabetes mellitus 108 (3.7%) 58 (6.9%) <0.001 65 (3.4%) 32 (6.5%) 0.003
HLA mismatches, median (IQR) 5 (4, 5) 5 (4, 5) 0.95 5 (4, 6) 5 (4, 5) 0.03
Organ share type <0.001 0.03
 Local 2423 (82.6%) 606 (71.2%) 1560 (81.0%) 383 (76.3%)
 Regional 487 (16.6%) 233 (27.4%) 319 (16.6%) 98 (19.5%)
 National 25 (0.9%) 12 (1.4%) 47 (2.4%) 21 (4.2%)
DCD donor 98 (3.3%) 62 (7.3%) <0.001 59 (3.1%) 26 (5.2%) 0.03
KDPI, median (IQR) 29 (12, 52) 41 (19, 63) <0.001 33 (14, 54) 43 (24, 65) <0.001
DRI, median (IQR) 1.2 (1.1, 1.4) 1.3 (1.1, 1.6) <0.001 1.2 (1.1, 1.) 1.3 (1.1, 1.6) <0.001
Kidney on machine perfusion 617 (21.0%) 147 (17.3%) 0.02 333 (17.3%) 72 (14.3%) 0.1
Transplant characteristics
Kidney CIT, hours, median (IQR) 10 (8, 13) 11 (9, 15) <0.001 10 (8, 13) 11 (9, 15) <0.001
Liver CIT, hours, median (IQR) 6 (5, 8) 7 (5, 8) <0.001 6 (5, 8) 7 (5, 8) <0.001
Use of induction immunosuppression 2345 (79.9%) 722 (84.8%) 0.001 1543 (80.1%) 412 (82.1%) 0.3
Transplant year, median (IQR) 2011 (2007, 2014) 2012 (2008, 2015) <0.001 2010 (2006, 2014) 2012 (2008, 2014) <0.001