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Table 2 Demographical features

From: Resilience and quality of life in 161 living kidney donors before nephrectomy and in the aftermath of donation: a naturalistic single center study

 

Donor candidates (n = 154)

Eligible donors (n =142)

Excluded donors (n = 12)

Statistical comparison

Age

    

 mean (SD)

50.9 (10.09)

50.72 (10.34)

53.42 (6.34)

n.s.

 range

23 – 72

23 – 72

43 – 61

 

Gender

    

 female

86 (55.8 %)

78 (54.9 %)

8 (66.7 %)

n.s.

 male

68 (44.2 %)

64 (45.1 %)

4 (33.3 %)

 

Family status

    

 single

11 (7.1 %)

10 (7.0 %)

1 (8.3 %)

n.s.

 married

115 (74.1 %)

107 (75.4 %)

8 (66.7 %)

 

 widowed

4 (2.6 %)

4 (2.8 %)

-

 

 separated/ divorced

24 (15.6 %)

21 (14.8 %)

3 (25 %)

 

 no data

-

-

-

 

Education level

    

 without certificate

4 (2.6 %)

4 (2.8 %)

-

n.s.

 middle school

108 (70.6 %)

96 (67.7 %)

12 (100 %)

 

 university-entrance

41 (26.8 %)

40 (28.2 %)

-

 

 diploma

    

 not reported

1 (0.6 %)

2 (1.4 %)

-

 

Nationality

    

 German

145

133 (93.7 %)

12 (100 %)

n.s.

 others

9

9 (6.3 %)

-

 

Donotation for

    

 parents for children

40 (26.5 %)

38 (26.8 %)

2 (16.7 %)

.049*

 children for parents

1 (0.7 %)

1 (0.7 %)

-

 

 spouses

59 (38.3 %)

57 (40.1 %)

2 (16.7 %)

 

 partner

9 (5.8 %)

8 (5.6 %)

1 (8.3 %)

 

 siblings

27 (17.9 %)

24 (16.9 %)

3 (25 %)

 

 other relatives

8 (5.3 %)

7 (4.9 %)

1 (8.3 %)

 

 non-relatives

7 (4.6 %)

4 (2.8 %)

3 (25 %)

 

 no data

3 (1.9 %)

3 (2.1 %)

-

 

Recipients

    

 on dialysis

110 (71.4 %)

99 (69.7 %)

11 (91.7 %)

 

 pre-emptive

40 (26 %)

40 (28.2 %)

-

 

 no data

4 (2.6 %)

3 (2.1 %)

1 (8.3 %)

 
  1. * Fischer`s z-value