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. 2021 Jan 15;16(2):251–261. doi: 10.2215/CJN.10960720

Table 2.

Donor characteristics for kidneys recovered for transplantation from March 31, 2015 to September 30, 2019, by donor hepatitis C virus antibody and viremia status

Donor Characteristics Aviremic Seropositive, n=1984 Viremic, n=3640 Aviremic Seropositive, n=76,466 Total, n=82,090
n % N % n % n %
Age, yr
 <18 6 0.30 8 0.22 7522 10 7536 9
 18–30 470 24 1293 36 17,978 24 19,741 24
 31–44 737 37 1537 42 18,082 24 20,356 25
 45–59 619 31 699 19 23,663 31 24,981 30
 ≥60 152 8 103 3 9221 12 9476 12
Sex
 Female 937 47 1282 35 30,118 39 32,337 39
 Male 1047 53 2358 65 46,348 61 49,753 61
Race
 White 1675 84 3001 82 50,473 66 55,149 67
 Black 108 5 239 7 11,576 15 11,923 15
 Hispanic 161 8 320 9 10,916 14 11,397 14
 Other 40 2 80 2 3501 5 3621 4
Body mass index, kg/m2
 <18.5 46 2 77 2 4584 6 4707 6
 18.5–24.9 589 30 1495 41 24,119 32 26,203 32
 25–29.9 680 34 1276 35 22,837 30 24,793 30
 30–34.9 395 20 507 14 13,711 18 14,613 18
 ≥35 274 14 285 8 11,215 15 11,774 14
Diabetes status
 No 1804 91 3501 96 68,706 90 74,011 90
 Yes 180 9 139 4 7760 10 8079 10
Hypertension status
 No 1361 69 3021 83 51,484 67 55,866 68
 Yes 623 31 619 17 24,982 33 26,224 32
Kidney donor profile index (%)
 <25 14 0.71 53 1 17,363 23 17,430 21
 25–49 222 11 634 17 12,164 16 13,020 16
 50–84 1271 64 2569 71 35,652 47 39,492 48
 ≥85 477 24 384 11 11,287 15 12,148 15
Donation after cardiac death
 No 1676 84 3087 85 61,032 80 65,795 80
 Yes 308 16 553 15 15,434 20 16,295 20
Cause of death
 Anoxia 1344 68 2504 69 31,122 41 34,970 43
 Cerebrovascular/stroke 324 16 465 13 21,226 28 22,015 27
 Head trauma 314 16 665 18 23,821 31 24,800 30
 CNS tumor 2 0.10 6 0.16 297 0.39 305 0.37
Discard
 No 1360 69 2322 64 62,519 82 66,201 81
 Yes 624 31 1318 36 13,947 18 15,889 19
Per PHS, does the donor have risk factors for blood-borne disease transmission?
 No 606 31 646 18 61,217 80 62,469 76
 Yes 1378 69 2994 82 15,249 20 19,621 24
Biopsy status
 No 746 38 1642 45 36,233 47 38,621 47
 Yes 1238 62 1998 55 40,233 53 43,469 53
Glomerulosclerosis
 0–5 794 40 1471 40 24,478 32 26,743 33
 6–10 198 10 255 7 6339 8 6792 8
 11–15 69 3 94 3 3039 4 3202 4
 16–20 51 3 64 2 1921 3 2036 2
 ≥20 119 6 108 3 4322 6 4549 6
 Indeterminate 10 0.50 9 0.25 225 0.29 244 0.30
 Unknown 743 37 1639 45 36,142 47 38,524 47

Aviremic, donor nucleic acid amplification test negative; viremic, donor nucleic acid amplification test positive; CNS, central nervous system; PHS, public health service.