Table 1 Baseline donor characteristics and circulating levels of IL-6 and CXCL10.

From: Circulating CXCL10 and IL-6 in solid organ donors after brain death predict graft outcomes

Variable

IL-6

CXCL10

Median (IQR)

p

Median (IQR)

p

Yes

No

Yes

No

Demographic and health history

Age

ρa = 0.136

 < 0.001

ρ = 0.077

0.01

Male

338 (109–973)

259 (93–846)

0.073

1,277 (662–2,392)

1,148 (615–2,207)

0.208

Weight

ρ = 0.034

0.256

ρ = 0.03

0.322

BMI

ρ = 0.031

0.310

ρ = 0.008

0.792

Diabetes

369 (126–1075)

267 (100–854)

0.033

1241 (660–2384)

1189 (622–2273)

0.695

Hypertension

328 (120–10,779

254 (87–776)

0.007

1242 (680–2382)

1143 (585–2204)

0.049

Cardiomyopathy

339 (134–1017)

250 (91–930)

0.017

1429 (758–2519)

1022 (534–2077)

 < 0.001

Cancer

358 (155–1443)

286 (102–841)

0.067

1561 (714–3222)

1155 (625–2252)

0.084

Smoke

1118 (603–2108)

1219 (652–2276)

0.362

268 (89–836)

289 (114–871)

0.116

Alcohol abuse

1317 (648–2752)

1160 (621–2228)

0.373

372 (136–953)

271 (101–834)

0.761

Cause of death

Cause of death: cardiovascular

274 (97–964)

325 (105–875)

0.651

1144 (615–2145)

1325 (700–2583)

0.015

Cause of death: trauma

362 (124–851)

271 (93–942)

0.181

1125 (616–2264)

1227 (641–2284)

0.433

Cause of death: anoxic event

282 (69–911)

296 (103–934)

0.381

1809 (933–3457)

1149 (619–2222)

 < 0.001

Cause of death: brain tumour

482 (76–1856)

293 (101–932)

0.643

1549 (637–3770)

1219 (634–2284)

0.494

Cause of death: others

242 (96–784)

302 (102–942)

0.684

1154 (710–2687)

1222 (630–2268)

0.631

Intensive care duration and hemodynamic stability

Lengths of stay in ICU

ρ = 0.02

0.507

ρ = 0.251

 < 0.001

Any inotrope administered

341 (118–99)

140 (64–287)

 < 0.001

1235 (660–2372)

846 (480–1701)

 < 0.001

Two or more inotropes

402 (140–1603)

264 (97–788)

 < 0.001

140 (799–3133)

1132 (599–2174)

0.001

Number of inotropes

ρ = 0.204

 < 0.001

ρ = 0.153

 < 0.001

Norepinephrine administered

359 (124–1094)

223 (91–596)

 < 0.001

1237 (662–2324)

1115 (577–2118)

0.085

Dopamine administered

307 (112–819)

275 (99–950)

0.472

1224 (666–2443)

1159 (596–2219)

0.111

Cardiac arrest

272 (103–875)

276 (103–875)

0.696

1324 (686–2475)

1100 (609–2183)

0.019

Biochemistry blood tests

Blood type A

290 (102–791)

299 (101–1,017)

0.437

1,149 (665–2259)

1,242 (622–2333)

0.743

Blood type B

274 (118–777)

302 (100–933)

0.959

1104 (619–1788)

1233 (634–2324)

0.222

Blood type AB

185 (95–651)

302 (102–935)

0.394

1237 (641–3081)

1219 (630–2264)

0.698

Blood type 0

322 (95–1114)

280 (102–789)

0.259

1292 (615–2363)

1149 (653–2239)

0.385

Proteinuria during admission

292 (112–727)

313 (107–953)

0.96

1237 (656–2475)

1154 (613–2188)

0.199

Final WBC

ρ = -0.161

 < 0.001

ρ = -0.097

0.006

Final Hb

ρ = 0.001

0.976

ρ = -0.031

0.393

Final creatinine

ρ = 0.194

 < 0.001

ρ = 0.21

 < 0.001

Final blood urea nitrogen

ρ = 0.055

0.151

ρ = 0.179

 < 0.001

Final AST

ρ = -0.055

0.126

ρ = 0.051

0.158

Final ALT

ρ = -0.091

0.087

ρ = 0.068

0.057

Total bilirubin

ρ = 0.164

 < 0.001

ρ = 0.131

 < 0.001

Final GGT

ρ = -0.045

0.226

ρ = 0.138

 < 0.001

Final amylase

ρ = 0.103

0.010

ρ = 0.035

0.381

Final international normalized ratio

ρ = 0.166

 < 0.001

ρ = 0.163

 < 0.001

Infectious disease data

Donor urinary infection

404 (117–1268)

263 (92–841)

0.030

404 (117–1268)

263 (92–841)

0.040

Donor blood infection

341 (101–2086)

270 (95–822)

0.039

1509 (853–3063)

1152 (615–2142)

0.003

Donor pulmonary infection

311 (102–993)

251 (88–803)

0.107

1242 (641–2168)

1104 (609–2150)

0.221

HBcAb positive

324 (118–866)

287 (97–946)

0.419

1219 (656–2251)

1221 (631–2291)

0.803

HCV positive

304 (83–1279)

296 (102–932)

0.867

1527 (814–4412)

1208 (628–2259)

0.072

EBV-EBNA IgG positive

312 (103–944)

235 (80–717)

0.193

1228 (634–2333)

1043 (622–2039)

0.181

EBV-VCA IgG positive

310 (103–950)

203 (82–580)

0.045

1221 (633–2288)

1086 (619–2351)

0.520

CMV-IgG positive

311 (104–951)

229 (83–690)

0.057

1219 (634–2294)

1265 (604–2264)

0.602

CMV-IgM positive

3346 (2590–4103)

290 (101–932)

0.037

3110 (2204–4017)

1203 (633–2272)

0.127

HSV-1 IgG positive

287 (102–942)

312 (82–788)

0.639

1221 (632–2321)

1272 (649–1978)

0.597

HSV-2 IgG positive

229 (90–731)

311 (102–946)

0.205

1179 (646–2247)

1219 (632–2291)

0.6

Toxo-IgG positive

270 (92–797)

323 (111–973)

0.079

1222 (640–2316)

1162 (610–2233)

0.697

Toxo-IgM positive

323 (66–503)

297 (102–934)

0.673

1365 (847–2610)

1208 (633–2284)

0.567

TPHA positive

149 (83–864)

299 (102–934)

0.492

839 (523–2291)

1221 (634–2291)

0.309

VZV-IgG positive

299 (102–926)

288 (86–989)

0.885

1220 (622–2305)

1187 (703–2111)

0.954

  1. aSpearman's Rank correlation coefficient.
  2. Bold values indicate Statistically significant.