Contraceptive use among women with kidney transplants in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Kidney transplant improves reproductive function in women with end-stage kidney disease. Little is known about contraceptive use in women with history of kidney transplants.

Methods

Using data from the United States Renal Data System, we evaluated for each calendar year women with kidney transplantation between 1/1/2005 and 12/31/2013 who were aged 15-44 years with Medicare as the primary payer and linked data from the United Network for Organ Sharing, for up to three entire years after the date of transplantation. We determined rates of contraceptive use and used multivariable logistic regression to identify factors associated with contraceptive use.

Results

The study cohort included 13,150 women and represented 26,624 person-years. The rate of contracepti

SUBMITTER: Shah S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8926989 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature