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Table 1 Patient and transplant characteristics. Continuous variables are reported as median (range)

From: Should patients older than 65 years be offered a second kidney transplant?

 

TX2 (N = 46)

TX1 (N = 687)

P-value

Age (years)

69.3 (65.1-81.6)

71.0 (65.0-82.9)

0.009

Male recipient

28 (61%)

492 (71.6%)

0.132

Pre-emptive transplantation

6 (13%)

116 (16.9%)

0.682

Coronary heart disease

4 (9%)

190 (27.7%)

0.003

Diabetes mellitus

4 (9%)

152 (22.1%)

0.039

Cerebrovascular disease

4 (9%)

81 (11.8%)

0.641

Peripheral vascular disease

5 (11%)

145 (21.1%)

0.129

Pre-emptive transplantation

6 (13%)

116 (16.9%)

0.682

Hemodialysis

34 (74%)

446 (64.9%)

0.263

Peritoneal Dialysis

6 (13%)

125 (18.2%)

0.550

Time on dialysis (months)

15.5 (0–108)

18.0 (0–87)

0.584

PRA positive B-cell screening

8 (17%)

24 (3.5%)

<0.001

CMV positive recipient

43 (94%)

568 (82.7%)

0.065

CMV positive donor

33 (72%)

513 (74.8%)

0.605

Male donor

28 (61%)

387 (56.3%)

0.645

Donor age (years)

64.1 (33.1-85.4)

61.2 (1.6-89.0)

0.106

Donor > 60 years

31 (67%)

364 (53.0%)

0.067

No HLA-A mismatch

13 (28%)

129 (18.8%)

0.124

No HLA-B mismatch

9 (20%)

77 (11.2%)

0.097

No HLA-DR mismatch

20 (44%)

318 (46.3%)

0.761

Cold ischemia time (h)

13.4 (3.8-20.2)

13.9 (2.8-29.0)

0.104