Weight trends in United States living kidney donors: Analysis of the UNOS database

Table 1 Demographic Characteristics of United States living kidney donors from 1999-2011

Characteristic	(%)
Age
18-34	31.7
35-49	44.5
50-64	22.5
≥ 65	1.3
Gender
Male	40.2
Female	59.8
Race/ethnicity
Asian	3.7
Black	13.3
Hispanic	14.1
White	67.5
Other	1.4
BMI
Mildly thin	0.8
Normal	35.6
Overweight	40.5
Mildly obese	18.9
Moderate/morbid obese	4.2
Living donor relationship
Biological	61.5
Spouse/life partner	12.9
Non-biological	25.6
Education
No HS diploma or GED	1.8
HS or GED	25.3
Attended college/technical school	22.1
Associate/bachelors degree	19.9
Graduate degree	8.1
Unknown	22.7
Region
1	4.4
2	14.3
3	8.8
4	7.7
5	18.2
6	2.6
7	13.8
8	6.1
9	8.1
10	8.5
11	7.4

BMI: Body mass index; GED: General education degree; HS: High school.