Table 1 Characteristics of living kidney donors
From: Anxiety, depression, and regret of donation in living kidney donors
| Â | All | Anxiety | Depression | Regret |
|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 825 | n = 41 | n = 31 | n = 16 | |
Age at survey completion, median years (IQR) | 46 (36–54) | 44 (36–51) | 44 (38–55) | 39 (34–55) |
Time since donation, median years (IQR) | 6 (3–10) | 6 (3–8) | 6 (3–11) | 7 (5–10) |
BMI at survey completion, median (IQR) | 26 (24–30) | 26 (24–30) | 26 (23–29) | 28 (25–31) |
Female | 524 (63.5%) | 26 (63.4%) | 21 (67.7%) | 12 (75.0%) |
African American | 83 (10.1%) | 4 (9.8%) | 4 (12.9%) | 5 (31.2%)* |
Some college education or higher | 550 (66.7%) | 21 (51.2%)* | 11 (35.5%)* | 10 (62.5%) |
Married or living with partner | 583 (70.9%) | 21 (51.2%)* | 14 (45.2%)* | 7 (43.8%)* |
Current or former smoker | 309 (37.4%) | 24 (58.5%)* | 18 (58.1%)* | 8 (50.0%) |
Low SES by ZIP code of residence | 360 (50.1%) | 21 (61.8%) | 17 (63.0%) | 5 (50.0%) |
Employment status | ||||
 Full-time | 521 (63.2%) | 27 (65.8%) | 18 (58.1%) | 9 (56.2%) |
 Part-time | 94 (11.4%) | 7 (17.1%) | 3 (9.7%) | 1 (6.2%) |
 Retired | 129 (15.6%) | 3 (7.3%) | 5 (16.1%) | 4 (25.0%) |
 Unemployed | 81 (9.8%) | 4 (9.8%) | 5 (16.1%) | 2 (12.5%) |
Any comorbidity | 388 (47.0%) | 23 (56.1%) | 20 (64.5%) | 11 (68.8%) |
 Hypertension | 125 (15.2%) | 11 (26.8%)* | 12 (38.7%)* | 3 (18.8%) |
 Diabetes | 29 (3.6%) | 1 (2.6%) | 2 (6.7%) | 1 (6.2%) |
 Chronic kidney disease | 14 (1.7%) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 High cholesterol | 163 (19.8%) | 9 (22.0%) | 8 (25.8%) | 6 (37.5%) |
 Diagnosis of depression | 103 (13.3%) | 9 (26.5%) | 10 (35.7%)* | 5 (31.2%) |
 Diagnosis of other psychiatric disorder | 44 (5.3%) | 4 (9.8%) | 3 (9.7%) | 2 (12.5%) |
 Other comorbidity | 327 (39.6%) | 18 (43.9%) | 16 (51.6%) | 9 (56.2%) |
Any psychiatric medication use | 135 (16.4%) | 14 (34.2%)* | 9 (29.0%)* | 3 (18.8%) |
Trouble obtaining or changing insurancea | 44 (10.1%) | 2 (7.7%) | 1 (5.3%) | 3 (30.0%)* |
Relationship to recipientb | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Child | 25 (12.2%) | 3 (25.0%) | 3 (23.1%) | 1 (20.0%) |
 Parent | 17 (8.3%) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Sibling | 43 (21.1%) | 0 | 1 (7.7%) | 2 (40.0%) |
 Spouse/partner | 41 (20.1%) | 2 (16.7%) | 1 (7.7%) | 1 (20.0%) |
 Friend | 29 (14.2%) | 4 (33.3%) | 3 (23.1%) | 0 |
 Other | 49 (24.0%) | 3 (25.0%) | 5 (38.5%) | 1 (20.0%) |
Recipient graft lossb | 20 (14.1%) | 0 | 2 (28.6%) | 1 (50.0%) |
Recipient mortalityb | 61 (29.9%) | 5 (41.7%) | 6 (46.2%) | 3 (60.0%) |