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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Surg. 2022 May 13;224(3):990–998. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2022.05.001

Table 3.

Characteristics of non-recovered potential versus actual donation after cardiac death liver donors using more liberal inclusion and exclusion criteria.

Non-Recovered Potential DCDs (n = 265) Actual DCDs (n = 1,890) P-value

Age 48.0 (34.0–55.0) 34.0 (24.0–47.0) <0.001
Male Gender 192 (72.5%) 1295 (68.5%) 0.195
Height (cm) 175.3 (168.0–182.0) 173.0 (165.1–180.0) 0.007
Weight (kg) 81.6 (70.8–95.2) 79.5 (68.0–92.1) 0.104
BMI (mg/m2) 26.9 (23.6–31.0) 26.4 (23.0–30.6) 0.439
AST 42.0 (27.0–58.0) 54.0 (34.0–87.0) <0.001
ALT 33.0 (20.0–47.0) 43.0 (25.0–78.0) <0.001
Total Bilirubin (mg/dl) 0.5 (0.3–0.7) 0.6 (0.4–0.9) <0.001
Diabetes 26 (9.8%) 144 (7.6)% 0.426
Ethinicity 0.069
Caucasian 220 (83.0%) 1442 (76.3%)
African American 17 (6.4%) 182 (9.6%)
Hispanic 21 (7.9%) 209 (11.1%)
Asian 2 (0.8%) 35 (1.9%)
Native American/Other 5 (1.9%) 22 (1.2%)
ABO <0.001
A 97 (36.6%) 771 (40.8%)
AB 20 (7.6%) 20 (1.1%)
B 38 (14.3%) 185 (9.8%)
O 110 (41.5%) 914 (48.4%)
Cause of Death 0.003
Anoxia 121 (45.7%) 994 (52.6%)
CVA 54 (20.4%) 279 (14.8%)
Trauma 70 (26.4%) 541 (28.6%)
Other 20 (7.6%) 76 (4.0%)
IV Drug Use 47 (17.7%) 255 (13.5%) 0.159
Withdrawal to Crossclamp Interval (min) 24.0 (20.0–27.0) 23.0 (19.0–26.0) 0.003
Weekend Recovery 77 (29.1%) 485 (25.7%) 0.238
Night Recovery 172 (64.9%) 974 (51.5%) <0.001