Others had never considered donating because they had never been approached to do so “Nobody asked me” (male, 33). Core Theme 4: Conscientious Objector Finally, conscientious objector referred to a firm refusal to participate in gamete donation. This overarching theme did not always include an...
We used obesity as a surrogate marker for fatty liver disease, since donor biopsy data are recorded in a small minority of cases making steatosis difficult to assess in the UNOS database (4). Obesity was defined as a body mass index (BMI) of ≥30 kg/m2 for adults (≥20 years old) ...