Association of Serum Phosphorus Concentration with Mortality and Graft Failure among Kidney Transplant Recipients.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Hyperphosphatemia in kidney transplant recipients has been shown to predict poorer graft and patient survival. However, studies examining hypophosphatemia are scarce.

Design, setting, participants, & measurements

To evaluate the association of serum phosphorus level with patient and graft survival, we performed a retrospective multicenter cohort study. Between January of 1997 and August of 2012, 2786 kidney transplant recipients (41.7±11.4 years; 59.3% men; 73.5% living donors; 26.1% with diabetes; 3.8% with prior history of cardiovascular disease) were classified into seven groups according to serum phosphorus levels 1 year after transplantation, with intervals of 0.5 mg/dl (lowest group, <2.5 mg/dl; highest group, ≥5.0 mg/dl; reference group, 3.5-

SUBMITTER: Jeon HJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5383385 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature