Table 1: Donor, Recipient, and Intra-operative Factors.

Variable

Without EL

(n, (%))

With EL

(n, (%))

P values

Donor

 

Male

62 (50.8)

10 (62.5)

0.68

Female

60 (49.2)

6 (37.5)

0.68

Mean Age ± SD (years)

26.86 ± 0.9

33.00 ± 2.6

0.24

Donors after Brain Death

416 (97.9)

16 (100)

0.18

Donors after Cardiac Death

9 (2.1)

0 (0.0)

0.18

Current Smoker

11 (84.6)

2 (15.4)

0.16

Former Smoker

5 (100)

0 (0.0)

0.16

Non-Smoker

102 (96.2)

4 (3.8)

0.16

Mean BMI ± SD

20.7 ± 0.8

22.6 ± 3.4

0.55

Delayed renal graft function category 2

13.0 (3.1)

3 (18.8)

0.32

Delayed renal graft function category 3

13.0 (3.1)

1 (6.3)

0.24

No immediate renal graft function

3 (0.7%)

0 (0.0)

0.18

Recipient

 

Male

228 (57.1)

12 (75.0)

0.16

Female

171 (44.0%)

4 (25.0)

0.16

Mean Age ± SD (years)

24.6 ± 1.9

18.0 ± 6.8

0.49

Current Smoker

11 (84.6)

2 (12.5)

0.08

Former Smoker

120 (29.0)

8 (50.0)

0.08

Non-Smoker

146 (96.7)

6 (37.5)

0.08

Mean BMI ± SD

24.2 ± 0.6

26.3 ± 1.8

0.33

Hypertension

277 (67.0)

13 (81.3)

0.16

Diabetes

5 (100)

0 (0.00)

1.00

Significant Vascular Disease

119 (97.5)

12 (75.0)

0.01

Intra-operative Factors

 

Mean cold ischaemia time ± SD (min)

30.1 ± 1.1

36.9 ± 4.2

0.09

Mean warm ischaemia time ± SD (min)

0.3 ± 0.05

0.0 ± 0.0

0.12

Mean total ischaemic time (min) ± SD

30.2 ± 1.1

37.9 ± 4.4

0.07

Mean pancreas anastomotic time (min) ± SD

27.13 ± 0.4

30.60 ± 3.3

0.06

Intraoperative pressors required

85 (91.4)

8 (8.6)

0.68

Intraoperative fluid bolus required

43 (84.3)

8 (15.7)

0.01

Venous graft

62 (92.5)

5 (7.5)

0.77

Arterial graft

108 (91.5)

10 (8.5)

1.00

Post-operative Factors

 

 

 

Lowest BP ± SD (mmHG)

95.36 ± 2.93

90.47 ± 9.94

0.59

Time to postoperative EL (days)

N/A

29.00 ± 11.26 (Median 13.00 days (IQR = 11.50–30.25))