TABLE 2.

Timing of and reasons for discard of those 371 kidneys that were discarded during or after organ retrieval and for which data on macroscopic renal artery arteriosclerosis were available

Variable	No. of kidneys, n (%)
Timing of discard
Discarded before being offered (organ not offered)	13 (3.5)
Discarded after being offered (organ offer not accepted anywhere)	193 (52)
Discarded after initial acceptance	165 (44.5)
Reasons for discard (reported by retrieval team, recipient center, or Eurotransplant)
Reasons related to presumed inferior organ quality	350 (94.3)
Recipient related medical problems	8 (2.2)
No suitable recipients found	4 (1.1)
Logistical problems	1 (0.6)
Other reasons	8 (2.2)

There was no database field specific for arteriosclerosis-related discard.