Age at Time of Kidney Transplantation as a Predictor for Mortality, Graft Loss and Self-Rated Health Status: Results From the Swiss Transplant Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT: Introduction: The effect of age on health outcomes in kidney transplantation remains inconclusive. This study aimed to analyze the relationship between age at time of kidney transplantation with mortality, graft loss and self-rated health status in adult kidney transplant recipients. Methods: This study used data from the Swiss Transplant Cohort Study and included prospective data of kidney transplant recipients between 2008 and 2017. Time-to-event analysis was performed using Cox' regression analysis, and -in the case of graft loss- competing risk analysis. A random-intercept regression model was applied to analyse self-rated health status. Results: We included 2,366 kidney transplant recipients. Age at transplantation linearly predicted mortality. It was also predict

SUBMITTER: Beerli N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8842256 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature