Reasons and effects of the decline of willing related potential living kidney donors

Table 2 Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients and related potential living donors presented as total patients (n = 212) and as a comparison between patients with candidate (n = 74) and patients with non-candidate (n = 138) potential living donors

Characteristics	Total patients, n = 212	Patients with candidate PLDs, n = 74	Patients with non-candidate PLDs, n = 138	P value
	mean ± SD (range)/number (%)
Mean age in yr	31.2 ± 10.6 (13-66)	29.1 ± 9.6 (13-57)	32.9 ± 12.0 (14-66)	0.041
Sex, n = 212
Males	173 (81.6%)	67 (90.5%)	106 (76.8%)	0.087
Females	39 (18.4%)	7 (9.5%)	32 (23.2%)
Status of dialysis at presentation, n = 212
Preemptive	19 (9.0%)	5 (6.8%)	14 (10.1%)	0.462
On regular hemodialysis	193 (91.0%)	69 (93.2%)	124 (89.9%)
Primary kidney disease, n = 212
Unknown	167 (78.8%)	56 (75.7%)	111 (80.4%)	0.088
Systemic disease	14 (6.6%)	3 (2.7%)	11 (8.0%)
Glomerulonephritis	6 (2.8%)	3 (4.0%)	3 (2.2%)
Hereditary renal disease	5 (3.8%)	2 (2.7%)	3 (2.2%)
Obstructive uropathy	11 (5.2%)	8 (10.8%)	3 (2.2%)
Urolithiasis	9 (4.2%)	2 (2.7%)	7 (5.1%)
Categories of primary kidney disease, n = 212
Unknown	167 (78.8%)	56 (75.7%)	111 (80.4%)	0.154
Systemic disease	14 (6.6%)	3 (4.0%)	11 (8.0%)
Local, renal/urinary	31 (14.6%)	15 (20.3%)	16 (11.6%)
Patients per number of PLDs, n = 212
Patients with one PLD	165 (77.8%)	53 (71.6%)	112 (81.2%)	0.265
Patients with two PLDs	39 (18.4%)	17 (23.0%)	22 (15.9%)
Patients with three PLDs	8 (3.8%)	4 (5.4%)	4 (2.9%)

PLD: Potential living donor; SD: Standard deviation.