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04 July 2022 : Clinical Research  

Post-Kidney Transplantation Results After Circulatory or Brain Death Without Pre-Mortem Heparin Administration

Jan Roman ORCID logo12ABDEF, František Jalůvka12ABE, Petr Ostruszka1A, Petr Jelínek ORCID logo12EF, Ján Hrubovčák1B, Pavel Havránek13BDF, Adéla Vrtková45BCD, Zdeněk Lys3BE, Jarmila Dědochová3AB, Václav Procházka26EG*

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.936877

Med Sci Monit 2022; 28:e936877

Table 1 Basic descriptive parameters of kidney donors; please note that for some donors, it was not possible to acquire the data; hence, only donors in whom these parameters were known are presented in the table and used for statistical testing.

ParameterMedian (IQR) or n (%)iP-valueiv
DBDii (n=77)DCDiii (n=17)
Age (years)51 (41–58)51 (43–53)0.791
Weight (kg)75 (70–85)80 (65–90)0.396
Body mass index (BMI)24.7 (23.1–27.5)24.7 (23.5–27.8)0.879
Body surface area (BSA)v 1.89 (1.78–2.00)1.97 (1.73–2.08)0.382
Sex0.592
 Male37 (48)10 (59)
 Female40 (52)7 (41)
Arterial hypertension0.923
 Yes30 (39)6 (35)
 No33 (43)5 (29)
Diabetes mellitus>0.999
 Yes5 (6)1 (6)
 No57 (74)8 (47)
Ischemic heart disease>0.999
 Yes6 (8)1 (6)
 No56 (73)8 (47)
COPDvi >0.999
 Yes3 (4)0 (0)
 No59 (77)9 (53)
Smoking0.320
 Yes7 (9)4 (24)
 No14 (18)2 (12)
i The median with the interquartile range or the absolute frequency and relative frequency in percentages;
ii DBD – Donors after Brain Death;
iii DCD – Donors after Circulatory Death;
iv The p-value of the Mann-Whitney test or the Chi-square test of independence;
v BSA according to the Mosteller calculation method;
vi COPD – Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

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