The Association of Donor Thyroid Hormone Supplementation on Heart Transplant Recipient Survival
Table 1
Participant characteristics.
Overall (N = 46542)
No THS (N = 17631)
THS (N = 28911)
value
Recipient LOS
21.41 (25.06)
21.18 (24.75)
21.55 (25.25)
0.124
Ischemic time
3.25 (1.07)
3.30 (1.08)
3.22 (1.06)
<0.001
Distance
188.16 (217.90)
192.52 (219.61)
185.50 (216.80)
0.001
Age
52.75 (12.71)
52.59 (12.77)
52.86 (12.67)
0.027
Nonwhite recipient
15076 (32%)
5692 (32%)
9384 (32%)
0.697
BMI
27.24 (4.91)
27.16 (4.89)
27.29 (4.92)
0.003
Region
Region 1
1989 (4%)
998 (6%)
991 (3%)
<0.001
Region 2
5576 (12%)
1479 (8%)
4097 (14%)
Region 3
5573 (12%)
2400 (14%)
3173 (11%)
Region 4
4805 (10%)
1727 (10%)
3078 (11%)
Region 5
7474 (16%)
3388 (19%)
4086 (14%)
Region 6
1447 (3%)
406 (2%)
1041 (4%)
Region 7
4093 (9%)
2100 (12%)
1993 (7%)
Region 8
2799 (6%)
968 (5%)
1831 (6%)
Region 9
3131 (7%)
1040 (6%)
2091 (7%)
Region 10
3886 (8%)
1259 (7%)
2627 (9%)
Region 11
5769 (12%)
1866 (11%)
3903 (14%)
VAD
No VAD
26369 (57%)
9471 (54%)
16898 (58%)
<0.001
LVAD
13773 (30%)
4667 (26%)
9106 (31%)
RVAD
108 (0%)
44 (0%)
64 (0%)
TAH
339 (1%)
86 (0%)
253 (1%)
LVAD + RVAD
971 (2%)
329 (2%)
642 (2%)
Unspecified
1374 (3%)
815 (5%)
559 (2%)
Unknown
3608 (8%)
2219 (13%)
1389 (5%)
ECMO
904 (2%)
336 (2%)
568 (2%)
0.655
IABP
5006 (11%)
1983 (11%)
3023 (10%)
0.008
Creatinine
1.27 (0.64)
1.28 (0.71)
1.26 (0.60)
0.003
Total bilirubin
1.09 (1.89)
1.12 (2.03)
1.06 (1.79)
0.001
PRA
4.18 (14.69)
4.59 (15.75)
3.58 (12.95)
0.007
Diabetic recipient
12080 (26%)
4389 (25%)
7691 (27%)
<0.001
Days on waiting list
216.85 (378.88)
219.70 (379.27)
215.11 (378.64)
0.205
Gender matching
Male donor to male recipient
28054 (60%)
10445 (59%)
17609 (61%)
0.001
Female donor to female recipient
7039 (15%)
2728 (15%)
4311 (15%)
Female donor to male recipient
6556 (14%)
2601 (15%)
3955 (14%)
Male donor to female recipient
4893 (11%)
1857 (11%)
3036 (11%)
Means (standard deviations) are presented for continuous variables. Counts (%) are presented for categorical variables. LOS: length of stay; BMI: body mass index; ECMO: extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; IABP: intra-aortic balloon pump; PRA: panel reactive antibodies; THS: thyroid hormone supplementation.
