Factors Influencing Long-Term Patient and Allograft Outcomes in Elderly Kidney Transplant Recipients.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Individuals aged ≥65 years are increasingly prevalent on the waitlist for kidney transplantation, yet evidence on recipient and donor factors that define optimal outcomes in elderly patients after kidney transplantation is scarce.

Methods

We used multivariable Cox regression modeling to determine the factors associated with all-cause death, death with a functioning graft, and overall and death-censored graft survival, using data from the Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant (ANZDATA) registry.

Results

A total of 802 kidney transplant recipients aged ≥65 years underwent their first transplantation between June 2006 and December 2016. Median age at transplantation was 68 years (interquartile range = 66-69 years). The 1-year and 5-year overall p

SUBMITTER: So S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7938063 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature