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World J Transplant. Jun 24, 2016; 6(2): 356-369
Published online Jun 24, 2016. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v6.i2.356
Published online Jun 24, 2016. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v6.i2.356
Table 2 Donor demographic and clinical characteristics
| WHO recipients’ BMI | P value | |||||||
| Obese recipients | ||||||||
| Donor variable | Total number of donors (n = 48281) (100%) | Underweight (n = 914) (1.9%) | Normal weight (n = 14529) (30.0%) | Overweight (n = 16724) (34.6%) | Class I (n = 9944) (20.5%) | Class II (n = 4438) (9.2%) | Class III (n = 1732) (3.5%) | |
| Age in years, median (25th, 75th) | 40 (24, 53) | 37 (20, 52) | 39 (22, 53) | 40 (24, 53) | 41 (24, 53) | 41 (25, 53) | 41 (25, 54) | 0.000 |
| BMI, median (25th, 75th) | 25.2 (22.3, 29.0) | 23.6 (20.7, 27.1) | 24.6 (21.7, 28.2) | 25.3 (22.3, 29.0) | 25.7 (22.7, 29.8) | 25.9 (23.0, 29.9) | 25.8 (22.8, 30.0) | 0.000 |
| Gender, n (%) | ||||||||
| Male | 29034 (60.1) | 486 (53.2) | 8171 (56.2) | 10219 (61.1) | 6280 (63.2) | 2801 (63.1) | 1077 (62.2) | 0.000 |
| Female | 19247 (39.8) | 428 (46.8) | 6358 (43.8) | 6505 (38.9) | 3664 (36.8) | 1637 (36.9) | 655 (37.8) | |
| Primary cause of death, n (%) | ||||||||
| Anoxia | 6895 (14.3) | 163 (17.8) | 2004 (13.8) | 2337 (33.9) | 1465 (14.7) | 675 (15.2) | 251 (14.5) | 0.040 |
| Cerebrovascular | 19840 (41.1) | 355 (38.8) | 5980 (41.2) | 6869 (41.1) | 4079 (41.0) | 1826 (41.1) | 731 (42.3) | |
| Head trauma | 20273 (42.0) | 372 (40.7) | 6161 (42.4) | 7098 (42.5) | 4110 (41.4) | 1831 (41.3) | 701 (40,5) | |
| Central nervous system tumor | 357 (0.7) | 8 (0.9) | 107 (0.7) | 116 (0.7) | 92 (0.9) | 24 (0.5) | 10 (0.6) | |
| Other | 892 (1.8) | 16 (1.8) | 272 (1.9) | 292 (1.7) | 193 (1.9) | 82 (1.8) | 37 (2.1) | |
| Race, n (%) | ||||||||
| Non-hispanic white | 34907 (72.3) | 639 (69.9) | 10488 (72.2) | 12078 (72.2) | 7196 (72.4) | 3264 (73.5) | 1242 (71.7) | 0.000 |
| Non-hispanic black | 6758 (14.0) | 127 (13.9) | 1938 (13.3) | 2334 (14.0) | 1458 (14.7) | 640 (14.4) | 261 (15.1) | |
| Hispanic | 5118 (10.6) | 109 (11.9) | 1623 (11.2) | 1790 (10.7) | 994 (10.0) | 427 (9.6) | 175 (10.1) | |
| Asian | 885 (1.8) | 28 (3.1) | 299 (2,1) | 309 (1.8) | 162 (1,6) | 55 (1.2) | 32 (1.8) | |
| Other | 673 (1.3) | 11 (1.2) | 241 (1.6) | 213 (1.2) | 134 (1.3) | 52 (1.1) | 22 (1.2) | |
- Citation: Ayloo S, Hurton S, Cwinn M, Molinari M. Impact of body mass index on outcomes of 48281 patients undergoing first time cadaveric liver transplantation. World J Transplant 2016; 6(2): 356-369
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/2220-3230/full/v6/i2/356.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.5500/wjt.v6.i2.356