Retrospective Cohort Study
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World J Transplant. Nov 20, 2019; 9(7): 145-157
Published online Nov 20, 2019. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v9.i7.145
Table 4 Donor characteristics by pre-transplant functional status, Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients 2005-2014 (n = 38278)
CharacteristicaFunctional impairment/disability
P value
A: None (n = 11674)B: Moderate (n = 17530)C: Severe (n = 9074)
Transplant type: Living donor5.55.02.3< 0.001
Donor Risk Indexb1.6 (1.3-1.9)1.6 (1.3-1.9)1.5 (1.2-1.9)< 0.001
Age in years
18-3937.337.139.9
40-4919.719.719.7
50-5919.820.420.7
60-6911.712.710.8
≥ 705.54.93.9< 0.001
Women40.541.440.90.35
Race/ethnicity
White68.268.165.6
Black17.217.917.5
Other14.614.016.9< 0.001
BMI, kg/m2
Underweight (< 18.5)2.92.92.6
Normal (18.5-25)36.535.936.2
Overweight (25-30)33.534.233.4
Obese (≥ 30)27.127.027.90.43
Cause of death
Trauma34.334.134.1
Anoxia21.522.524
Cardiovascular accident41.440.939.4< 0.01
Donation after cardiac death12.613.212.10.04
Split/Partial liver1.51.41.30.38
Allocation type
Regional17.819.923.3
National6.65.03.8< 0.001
Cold ischemia time ≥ 8 h30.928.927.9< 0.001