Table 2 Clinical characteristics: kidney disease, health status, comorbidities and biological data
From: Factors associated with Health-Related Quality of Life in Kidney Transplant Recipients in France
N (%) | |
|---|---|
Major causes of ESRD | |
Chronic glomerulonephritis | 487 (34.3) |
Interstitial nephropathy | 158 (11.3) |
Polycystic kidney disease | 262 (18.8) |
Other nephropathies (vascular, diabetic…) | 497 (35.6) |
Previous dialysis treatment | |
Patient with dialysis treatment | 1212 (86.8) |
Duration of dialysis, Median (25th percentiles, 75th percentiles) | 24 (12, 42) |
Transplantation | |
Duration of transplantation, Median (25th percentiles, 75th percentiles) | 7.1 (3.7, 12.8) |
Organ donor type | |
Cardiac death donor | 47 (3.4) |
Deceased donor | 1231 (88.3) |
Living-related donor | 116 (8.3) |
Organ transplantation | 1396 (98.0) |
Only one kidney graft | 1373 (98.4) |
Two simultaneously kidney grafts | 23 (1.6) |
Kidney Transplants number | |
The first transplant | 1199 (85.7) |
The second transplants | 181 (12.9) |
Three or more transplants | 19 (1.4) |
Patients with at least one acute rejection episode | 213 (15.3) |
Patients with chronic graft dysfunction | 426 (30.6) |
Comorbidities | |
Neoplasia | 285 (20.4) |
Hypertension | 1143 (81.8) |
Diabetes mellitus | 255 (18.2) |
Smoking patients | 203 (14.9) |
BMI > 30 (kg/m2) | 213 (15.3) |
Karnofsky Index scale, rating criteria (%) | |
80–100: Able to carry on normal activity and to work | 1311 (94.2) |
50–70: Unable to work | 76 (5.5) |
20–40: Unable to care for self | 3 (0.2) |
0–10: Death, disease may be progressing rapidly | 2 (0.1) |
Charlson Comorbidity Index, score | |
Mean ± SD | 4.09 ± 1.8 |
Range | 2–14 |
Biological data | |
Creatinine levels (μmol/L) | |
Normal: < 120 | 583 (42.6) |
Mild to moderate: 120–250 | 697 (50.8) |
Severe: > 250 | 91 (6.6) |
Hemoglobin levels (g/dl) | |
Anemia: < 12 | 551 (40.4) |
Normal: hemoglobin ≥12 | 813 (59.6) |