Pancreas transplantation: The Wake Forest experience in the new millennium

Table 3 Donor and recipient characteristics according to pancreas transplantation category

	SKPT	SPT	P value
	n = 162 in 161 patients1	n = 40 in 38 patients1
Donor age (yr)	27.3 ± 10.6	22 ± 7.6	0.004
Donor BMI (kg/m2)	23.9 ± 1.4	23.5 ± 6.8	NS
Donation after cardiac death donors	5 (3.1%)	0	NS
Cold ischemia time (h)	16.2 ± 7.4	14.8 ± 3.8	NS
HLA-mismatch	4.5 ± 1.2	2.7 ± 1.5	< 0.001
PRA > 10%	27 (16.7%)	8 (20%)	NS
CMV Donor+/Recipient-	45 (27.8%)	11 (27.5%)	NS
Retransplant	2 (1.2%)	14 (35%)	< 0.001
Portal-enteric technique	147 (90.7%)	32 (80%)	0.09
Recipient age (yr)	42.7 ± 11.3	42.2 ± 8.7	NS
Patients aged 50 or older	42 (26.1%)	8 (21.1%)	NS
Recipient gender: male	94 (58.0%)	19 (50%)	NS
Recipient: AA	36 (22.2%)	3 (7.9%)	0.03
Recipient weight (kg)	71.1 ± 13.5	70.7 ± 12.8	NS
Dialysis history: hemodialysis	82 (50.9%)	NA
Peritoneal dialysis	42 (26.1%)
None (preemptive)	37 (23.0%)
Duration of pretransplant diabetes (yr)	25.3 ± 9.8	26.7 ± 7.7	NS
Waiting time (mo)	10.1 ± 6.3	5.8 ± 7.2	0.002

¹One patient had 2 SKPTs, two had 2 SPTs, and seven had SKPT followed by SPT. AA: African-American; HLA: Human leukocyte antigen; CMV: Cytomegalovirus; PRA: Panel reactive antibody; SKPT: Simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplantation; SPT: Solitary pancreas transplantation; NS: Not significant; NA: Not available; BMI: Body mass index.