Comparative study of living donor kidney transplants: Right vs left

Table 1 Donor and recipient demographics and transplant factors

Parameters	Living donor kidneys (n = 250)
	Right kidney	Left kidney	P value
Donor age in years	35.1 ± 10.5	33.6 ± 10.1	0.36
Donor sex	Males = 28 (50), females = 28 (50)	Males = 98 (51), females = 96 (49)	0.9
Mean donor weight in kg	65.9 ± 8.8	66.2 ± 11	0.9
Mean recipient age in years	37 ± 11.6	38.7 ± 11.3	0.32
Recipient sex	Males = 49 (87), females = 7 (13)	Males = 164 (84), females = 30 (16)	0.6
Mean recipient body mass index	23.6 ± 3.5	24.4 ± 3.8	0.1
Mean human leukocyte antigen mismatches, n ± SD	5 ± 2.9	5.5 ± 2.9	0.32
Donor kidney split function	47 ± 2	50 ± 2	0.000
Donor arteries multiplicity	Single = 51 (91), multiple = 5 (9)	Single = 161 (84), multiple = 31 (16)	0.17
Donor type	LRD = 42 (75), LURD = 14 (25)	LRD = 155 (80), LURD = 39 (20)	0.43
Donor nephrectomy type	ODN = 53 (95), LDN = 3 (5)	ODN = 182 (73), LDN = 68 (27)	0.000
Immunosuppressant, steroid sparing	6 (10.7)	20 (10.3)	0.9
Mean cold ischemia time in minutes	40.1 ± 16.6	48.6 ± 23.6	0.01
Mean donor warm ischemia in minutes	2.1 ± 0.9	2.7 ± 1.7	0.008
Mean recipient warm ischemia in minutes	44.2 ± 5.2	45.3 ± 8.3	0.36
Mean donor warm ischemia of cohort in minutes	ODN = 1.8 ± 0.9, LDN = 4.7 ± 1.2		0.000
Mean cold ischemia time of cohort in minutes	ODN = 41.5 ± 18.3, LDN = 60.4 ± 26.8		0.00

Data are n (%) or mean ± standard deviation (SD), unless otherwise indicated. LDN: Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy; LRD: Living related donor; LURD: Living unrelated donor; ODN: Open donor nephrectomy.