Research Article
Outcomes of Adult Liver Retransplantation: A Canadian National Database Analysis
Table 2
Liver retransplant donor characteristics.
| | | Overall | 2 transplants | 3 transplants | 4 transplants | | N = 377 | N = 340 | N = 34 | N = 3 |
| | Age at death, years, median (IQR) | 41 (24–54) | 41 (23–54) | 43 (29–51) | 44 | | Unknown (n) = 33 (8.8%) | | BMI, kg/m2, median (IQR) | 24.8 (22.0–27.7) | 25.0 (22.0–27.5) | 23.7 (22.0–28.2) | 30.1 | | Unknown (n) = 52 (13.8%) | | Male sex, number (%) | 187 (49.6) | 171 (50.3) | 15 (44.1) | 1 (33.3) | | Cause of death, number (%) | | Anoxia | 63 (16.7) | 57 (16.8) | 6 (17.6) | 0 (0.0) | | Cerebrovascular accident | 138 (33.6) | 121 (35.6) | 15 (44.1) | 2 (66.7) | | Trauma | 101 (26.9) | 94 (27.7) | 6 (17.6) | 1 (33.3) | | Overdose | 9 (2.4) | 7 (2.1) | 2 (5.9) | 0 (0.0) | | Unknown | 49 (13.0) | 47 (13.8) | 2 (5.9) | 0 (0.0) | | Other | 17 (4.6) | 14 (4.1) | 3 (8.8) | 0 (0.0) | | Ethnicity, number (%) | | Caucasian | 219 (58.1) | 194 (57.1) | 24 (70.6) | 1 (33.3) | | Asian | 13 (3.4) | 11 (3.2) | 1 (2.9) | 1 (33.3) | | Black | 7 (1.9) | 6 (1.8) | 1 (2.9) | 0 (0.0) | | Other/unknown | 138 (36.6) | 129 (37.9) | 8 (23.6) | 1 (33.3) | | Donor type, number (%) | | DCD | 8 (2.1) | 7 (2.1) | 1 (2.9) | 0 (0.0) | | NDD | 336 (89.1) | 301 (88.5) | 32 (94.1) | 0 (0.0) | | Unknown | 33 (8.8) | 32 (9.4) | 1 (2.9) | 3 (100.0) | | CMV, number (%) | 153 (40.6) | 137 (40.3) | 14 (41.2) | 2 (66.7) | | Unknown (n) = 75 (19.9%) | | Hepatitis C, number (%) | 4 (1.1) | 3 (0.9) | 1 (2.9) | 0 (0.0) | | Unknown (n) = 66 (17.5%) | | Blood type, number (%) | | A | 124 (32.9) | 109 (32.1) | 14 (41.2) | 1 (33.3) | | AB | 11 (2.9) | 9 (2.6) | 1 (2.9) | 1 (33.3) | | B | 41 (10.9) | 39 (11.5) | 2 (5.9) | 0 (0.0) | | O | 167 (44.3) | 150 (44.1) | 16 (47.1) | 1 (33.3) | | Unknown | 34 (9.0) | 33 (9.7) | 1 (2.9) | 0 (0.0) | | Distance from donor harvest to the facility of LT, km, median (IQR) | 172.7 (2.1–621.6) | 169.6 (2.0–672.3) | 273.8 (2.2–520.4) | 1,398.4 | | Unknown (n) = 84 (22.3%) |
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IQR, interquartile range; BMI, body mass index; DCD, donor after cardiac death; NDD, neurological determination of death; CMV, cytomegalovirus; LT, liver transplantation.
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