Patient and allograft outcomes after kidney transplant for the Indigenous patients in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The objective is to assess cardiovascular (CV), malignancy, infectious, graft outcomes and tacrolimus levels for the Indigenous patients compared to Whites after kidney transplant (KTx).

Methods

165 Indigenous and 165 White patients matched for the KTx year at Mayo Clinic Arizona from 2007-2015 were studied over a median follow-up of 3 years. Propensity score was calculated to account for baseline differences.

Results

Compared to Whites, Indigenous patients had the following characteristics: younger age, more obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and required dialysis prior to KTx (p<0.01). Indigenous patients had longer hospital stay for KTx, shorter follow-up and lived further from the transplant center (p<0.05). 210 (63.6%) received deceased donor KTx and mor

SUBMITTER: Seipp R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7857629 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature