Research Article
Intermediate-Term Outcomes of Dual Adult versus Single-Kidney Transplantation: Evolution of a Surgical Technique
Table 1
Pretransplant demographic data for dual (DKT) and single-kidney transplant (SKT) recipients.
| | DKT, | SKT, | value |
| Donor age, years, median (IQR) | 58 (55–66) | 39 (23–50) | <0.001 |
| Donor male gender | 13 (44.8%) | 193 (39.6%) | 0.475 |
| Donor race | | | | (i) Caucasian | 16 (55.2%) | 259 (53.2%) | 0.835 | (ii) African American | 5 (17.2%) | 78 (16.0%) | 0.797 | (iii) Hispanic | 5 (17.2%) | 137 (28.1%) | 0.284 |
| Donor terminal Cr, mg/dL, median (IQR) | 1.1 (0.8–1.5) | 1 (0.8–1.4) | 0.301 |
| Donor comorbidities | | | | (i) Hypertension | 18 (62.1%) | 114 (23.4%) | <0.001 | (ii) Diabetes | 11 (37.9%) | 24 (4.9%) | <0.001 |
| Cold ischemia time, hours, median (IQR) | 20 (17–26) | 20 (15–26) | 0.547 |
| Recipient age, years, median (IQR) | 61 (56–67) | 51 (41–61) | <0.001 |
| Recipient male gender | 19 (65.5%) | 279 (57.3%) | 0.384 |
| Recipient race | | | | (i) Caucasian | 9 (31.0%) | 153 (31.4%) | 0.966 | (ii) African American | 9 (31.0%) | 168 (34.5%) | 0.703 | (iii) Hispanic | 5 (17.2%) | 126 (25.9%) | 0.383 |
| Recipient indication for transplant | | | | (i) Hypertension | 11 (37.9%) | 216 (44.4%) | 0.498 | (ii) Diabetes | 10 (34.5%) | 88 (18.1%) | 0.029 |
| Recipient time on dialysis, years, median (IQR) | 2.5 (1.25–3.5) | 3 (1.5–5) | 0.101 |
| Recipient dialysis type | | | | (i) Hemodialysis | 16 (55.2%) | 323 (66.3%) | 0.303 | (ii) Peritoneal dialysis | 4 (13.8%) | 68 (14.0%) | | (iii) Preemptive (no dialysis) | 9 (31.0%) | 96 (19.7%) | |
| Recipient PRA ≥ 20% | 6 (20.7%) | 252 (51.7%) | 0.001 |
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