Results from an International Survey of Donor and Recipient Eligibility for Solid Organ Pancreas Transplantation

25 May 2021: Original Paper

Jonathan E.H. Ling ^12ABCDEF* , Kevan R. Polkinghorne ^123ACDE , John Kanellis ^12ADE

DOI: 10.12659/AOT.930787

Ann Transplant 2021; 26:e930787

Table 2 Donor and recipient characteristics between all regions.

Donor/recipient characteristics	North America	UK	Rest of Europe	Eurotransplant	ANZ	P-value*
Donor upper age limit (years)	50 (8.66)	61.25 (2.5)	53 (2.74)	51.67 (4.08)	46.67 (2.89)	0.005

Donor upper BMI limit (kg/m)	30	30	31.25 (2.5)	32 (2.12)	30	0.49

DCD upper age limit (years)	43.33 (2.89)	55 (4.08)	45	40	35	0.001

DCD max WIT (minutes)	30	30 (24.5)	30	45 (21.21)	30	0.874

DCD max CIT (hours)	14.67 (4.62)	11.75 (0.5)	8	11 (1.41)	14 (5.66)	0.455

Recipient upper age limit (years)	60 (7.07)	61.67 (2.89)	55 (4.08)	58.33 (2.58)	52.5 (3.54)	0.086

Recipient upper BMI limit (kg/m)	33.33 (2.89)	30.5 (1)	33.75 (2.5)	31.66 (2.07)	30	0.14

T2DM recipient (responding units)						0.023^*
Yes	3	4	2	2	0
No	0	0	3	4	3

DCD donor (responding units)						0.047^*
Yes	3	4	1	2	2
No	0	0	4	4	1

Transplant volume^***	45.33 (10.12)	25.25 (26.56)	9.2 (887)	7 (5.22)	17.33 (13.5)	0.012
^* ANOVA unless stated; ^ Fisher’s exact test p-value; ^* mean number of transplants/unit for each region. BMI – body mass index; CIT – cold ischaemic time; DCD – donor after cardiac death; WIT – warm ischaemic time. DCD donor BMI not analysed as similar upper limits were reported by all responding units. Continuous variables presented as mean (standard deviation)