Association of pre-kidney transplant markers of mineral and bone disorder with post-transplant outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Mineral and bone disorders (MBDs) are common in long-term dialysis patients and are risk factors for unfavorable outcomes. The associations between pretransplant levels of MBD surrogates and outcomes after kidney transplantation are not clear.

Design, setting, participants, & measurements

Data from the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients up to June 2007 were linked to the 5-year (July 2001-June 2006) cohort of a large dialysis organization in the United States. All dialysis patients who received a kidney transplant during this period were identified and divided into groups according to increments of pretransplant MBD markers. Unadjusted and multivariate adjusted predictors of transplant outcomes were examined.

Results

The 11,776 pati

SUBMITTER: Molnar MZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3488942 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature