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. 2022 Dec 30;22(9):2217–2227. doi: 10.1111/ajt.17126

TABLE 3.

Donor characteristics of donors with organs procured for transplantation

Donor characteristic Donor CoV-2 status
Adjusted likelihood of positive CoV-2 status (95% CI) p-valueb
Level Negativea (n = 16 591) Positive (n = 284) p-valuea
Age 0–17 1076 (6.5%) 19 (6.7%) .16 1.24 (0.67–2.32) .30
18–39 6193 (37.3%) 104 (36.6%) 1.36 (0.87–2.12)
40–49 3179 (19.2%) 57 (20.1%) 1.44 (0.92–2.27)
50–59 3612 (21.8%) 74 (26.1%) 1.60 (1.04–2.47)
60+ 2531 (15.3%) 30 (10.6%) Reference
Gender Female 6273 (37.8%) 101 (35.6%) .44 0.98 (0.76–1.26) .88
Male 10 318 (62.2%) 183 (64.4%) Reference
Race/ethnicity Black 2565 (15.5%) 52 (18.3%) <.001 1.67 (1.20–2.32) <.001
Hispanic 2353 (14.2%) 63 (22.2%) 2.15 (1.57–2.93)
White 11 018 (66.4%) 154 (54.2%) Reference
Other 655 (4.0%) 15 (5.3%) 1.83 (1.06–3.16)
History of hypertension No 10 530 (63.5%) 180 (63.4%) .98 Reference .96
Yes 6061 (36.5%) 104 (36.6%) 0.99 (0.74–1.33)
History of diabetes No 14 391 (86.7%) 242 (85.2%) .45 Reference .50
Yes 2200 (13.3%) 42 (14.8%) 1.13 (0.79–1.62)
Donor type DBD 12 069 (72.7%) 184 (64.8%) .003 Reference .002
DCD 4522 (27.3%) 100 (35.2%) 1.50 (1.16–1.94)
Terminal creatinine >1.5 mg/dl No 11 510 (69.4%) 209 (73.6%) .13 Reference .17
Yes 5081 (30.6%) 75 (26.4%) 0.82 (0.62–1.09)
Cause of death: stroke No 12 511 (75.4%) 214 (75.4%) .98 Reference .91
Yes 4080 (24.6%) 70 (24.7%) 0.98 (0.73–1.32)
Donor CMV+ No 6294 (37.9%) 118 (41.6%) .21 Reference .05
Yes 10 297 (62.1%) 166 (58.5%) 0.78 (0.61–1.00)
Donor hepatitis-C+ No 14 828 (89.4%) 261 (91.9%) .17 Reference .36
Yes 1763 (10.6%) 23 (8.1%) 0.82 (0.53–1.26)
KDPI (%)a 0–35 1562 (10.4%) 29 (12.4%) .31 Not included in multivariable modela
36–84 7655 (51.0%) 125 (53.4%)
85+ 5809 (38.7%) 80 (34.2%)

Abbreviation: CI, confidence interval; CMV, cytomegalovirus; KDPI, kidney donor profile index.

a

Negative includes ‘indeterminate’ and ‘pending’ values; one or more missing variables for KDPI calculation missing and not included; chi-square test p-value.

b

Type-III p-value for association of donor characteristic with CoV-2 status.