Pancreas transplantation: The Wake Forest experience in the new millennium

Table 1 Donor and recipient characteristics in African-American vs non-African-American recipients

	AA	Non-AA	P value
	n = 39	n = 1631
Donor age (yr)	24.7 ± 10.2	25.2 ± 9.4	NS
Donor BMI (kg/m2)	23.6 ± 5.4	23.7 ± 2.8	NS
Cold ischemia time (h)	15.8 ± 4.6	16.3 ± 3.8	NS
5-6 HLA-mismatch	25 (64.1%)	68 (41.7%)	0.01
HLA-mismatch	4.8 ± 1.0	4.4 ± 1.2	NS
PRA > 10%	11 (28.2%)	17 (10.4%)	0.008
CMV Recipient negative	11 (28.2%)	78 (47.9%)	0.03
CMV D+/R-	7 (17.9%)	45 (27.6%)	NS
Retransplant	2 (5.1%)	14 (8.6%)	NS
Portal-enteric technique	30 (76.9%)	149 (91.4%)	0.02
SKPT	36 (92.3%)	126 (77.3%)
SPT	3 (7.7%)	37 (22.7%)	0.04
Recipient age	41.7 ± 9.8	43.0 ± 10.4	NS
Recipient gender: male	20 (51.3%)	94 (57.7%)	NS
Recipient weight ≥ 80 kg	20 (51.3%)	39 (23.9%)	0.001
Recipient weight	70.9 ± 11.9	71.2 ± 12.7	NS
Dialysis history: SKPT hemodialysis	29/36 (80.6%)	54/126 (42.9%)
Peritoneal dialysis	5/36 (13.9%)	37/126 (29.4%)
None (preemptive)	2/36 (5.5%)	35/126 (27.8%)	0.004
Duration of dialysis: SKPT (mo)	31.8 ± 15.1	15.6 ± 17.8	0.02
Duration of pretransplant diabetes ≤ 18 yr	15 (38.5%)	27 (16.6%)	0.004
Duration of diabetes (yr)	19.7 ± 8.4	26.9 ± 8.6	0.03
Age of onset of diabetes	20 ± 8	16 ± 6	NS
SKPT waiting time (mo)	11.5 ± 6.4	9.7 ± 7.2	NS
C-peptide positive	14 (35.9%)	16 (9.8%)	0.001

¹161 Caucasian, 1 Asian, 1 Hispanic ethnicity. AA: African-American; BMI: Body mass index; HLA: Human leukocyte antigen; CMV: Cytomegalovirus; PRA: Panel reactive antibody; SKPT: Simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplantation; SPT: Solitary pancreas transplantation; NS: Not significant.