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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients and variables studied on admission according to donor-to-recipient weight mismatch

From: Impact of donor-to-recipient weight ratio on the hospital outcomes of pediatric heart transplantation

Variable

Total

Groups based on D/R weight

P value

0.8 < D/RW ≤ 1.5

1.5 < D/RW ≤ 2.5

D/RW > 2.5

(n = 30)

(n = 34)

(n = 16)

Age (month)

133.5 (84–156)

155 (108.25–168.75)

132 (67.5–155.25)

99 (78.75–122.25)

0.009

Gender

Male

46 (75.5%)

17 (56.7%)

22 (64.7%)

7 (43.8%)

0.553

Female

34 (42.5%)

13 (43.3%)

12 (35.3%)

9 (56.3%)

 

Family history

17 (21.3%)

4 (13.3%)

11 (32.4%)

2 (12.5%)

0.720

Weight (kg)

19.5 (16.25–22.75)

38.5 (19–58.25)

32.5 (17.75–38)

19.5 (16.25–22.75)

0.001

BSA (m2)

0.84 (0.69–0.9)

1.27 (0.81–1.64)

1.09 (0.79–1.23)

0.84 (0.69–0.9)

0.001

Heart failure type

    

0.582

DCM

66 (83%)

26 (87%)

27 (79%)

13 (81%)

 

RCM

3 (4%)

1 (3%)

1 (3%)

1 (6%)

 

Congenital

7 (9%)

2 (7%)

4 (12%)

1 (6%)

 

Others

4 (5%)

1 (3%)

2 (6%)

1 (6%)

 
  1. Data presented as median (Q1–Q3) for interval and count (%) for categorical variables. The first quartile (Q1) is equal to the 25th percentile and the third quartile (Q3) is equal to the 75th percentile of the data
  2. D/R W, donor-to-recipient weight ratio