Task: Answer Verification
Input (English): Question: Are the superior results of living-donor renal transplantation completely caused by selection or short cold ischemia time : a single-center , multivariate analysis?
Answer: The superior results of LD versus PMD transplantations can be partly explained by the dichotomy in the cold ischemia period in these populations (selection). However, after adjustment for cold ischemia periods, the influence of donor origin still remained significant, independent of any of the variables introduced. This superiority is possibly caused by factors inherent to the transplanted organ itself, for example, the absence of brain death and cardiovascular instability of the donor before nephrectomy.
Output (English): no