Extended criteria brain-dead organ donors: Prevalence and impact on the utilisation of livers for transplantation in Brazil

Table 4 Analysis of the relationship between the occurrence of donor extended criteria and the refusal rate of liver allografts for transplantation

Logistic regression for donor organ refusal for transplantation (n = 1619)
Variable	Odds ratio for refusal (95%CI)	P value
Absence of macroscopic steatosis in the donor organ	0.072 (0.016; 0.332)	< 0.001
Donor age > 65 yr	1.814 (1.264; 2.603)	0.001
ICU stay > 7 d	1.810 (1.408; 2.328)	< 0.001
BMI > 30 kg/m2	2.215 (1.601; 3.065)	< 0.001
Serum sodium > 165 mmol/L	1.173 (0.862; 1.596)	0.310
AST > 90 U/L	1.713 (1.352; 2.171)	< 0.001
ALT > 105 U/L	2.007 (1.493; 2.697)	< 0.001
Total bilirubin > 3 mg/dL	3.011 (1.361; 6.664)	0.007

ICU: Intensive care unit; BMI: Body mass index; AST: Aspartate aminotransferase; ALT: Alanine aminotransferase.