Table 1

Donor characteristics by donor type

Liver donor typeDCD (n=352)DBD (n=2220)p ValueMissing (n)
Donor characteristics
 Age, years42 (16)46 (15)<0.01 0
 Male sex206 (59)1158 (52)0.030
 BMI, kg/m225 (4)26 (7)<0.0120
 Serum sodium, mmol/L144 (140–150)147 (142–154)<0.014
 Diabetes14 (5)111 (5)0.93154
Organ appearance
 Healthy176 (70)1384 (76)0.05497
 Suboptimal75 (30)440 (24)
Cause of death
 Trauma81 (23)256 (12)<0.0123
 Stroke173 (50)1546 (70)
 Anoxia54 (16)198 (9)
 Other37 (11)204 (9)
  • Values are numbers (percentages) for categorical variables and means (SDs) or median (IQR) otherwise.

  • BMI, body mass index; DBD, donation after brain death; DCD, donation after circulatory death.