【Results】 The patient survival rate was significantly poorer in the older group (P<0.001). The surgical complications were comparable between the groups. Patient death due to infection or/and multiple organ failure or cardiac/cerebrovascular events was more frequently seen in the older group than in the younger group (P=0.012 and P=0.045, respectively). Multivariate analysis revealed that a longer duration of diabetes was an independent risk factor of 1-year mortality in the older group. In a propensity score-matched comparison, the patient survival rate of older recipients (n=77) was significantly poorer than that of younger recipients (n=77) (P=0.026).