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Table 2 Causes of ESRD

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

 

TX 2 (N = 46)

TX 1 (N = 687)

P-value

Glomerulonephritis

17 (37%)

143 (20.8%)

0.016

Pyelonephritis

4 (9%)

31 (4.5%)

0.268

Polycystic kidney disease

15 (33%)

81 (11.8%)

<0.001

Vascular nephropathy

5 (11%)

264 (38.4%)

<0.001

Diabetes nephropathy

2 (4%)

62 (9.0%)

0.418

Othera

3 (7%)

106 (15.4%)

0.132

  1. a“Other” includes interstitial, hereditary nephropathies, vasculitidis, systemic disorders, myelomatosis and 14 cases in the TX2 group with unknown cause of ESRD