Table 4 Patient and transplant characteristics in the matched dataset. Continuous variables are reported as median (range). Survival data are reported as mean survival (95% Confidence interval)
From: Should patients older than 65 years be offered a second kidney transplant?
TX2 (N = 46) | TX1 (N = 42) | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Age | 69.3 (65.1-81.6) | 69.5 (65.0-76.1) | 0.808 |
Time on dialysis | 15.5 (0–108) | 13.5 (0–49) | 0.345 |
Donor > 60 years | 31 (67%) | 26 (62%) | 0.658 |
Coronary heart disease | 4 (9%) | 2 (5%) | 0.678 |
Cerebrovascular disease | 4 (9%) | 2 (5%) | 0.678 |
Peripheral vascular disease | 5 (11%) | 3 (7%) | 0.716 |
Diabetes mellitus | 4 (9%) | 0 | 0.118 |
Uncensored graft survival | 6.7 (5.3-8.1) | 7.3 (5.6-9.1) | 0.858 |
Death censored graft survival | 9.6 (8.2-11.1) | 12.0 (10.6-13.4) | 0.555 |
Patient survival | 7.0 (5.6-8.3) | 8.0 (6.2-9.8) | 0.656 |