Skip to main content

Table 2 Baseline characteristics in belatacept cohort by status for graft failure at 12 and 24 months censored for death

From: Microvascular inflammation is a risk factor in kidney transplant recipients with very late conversion from calcineurin inhibitor-based regimens to belatacept

Patient characteristics

All patients (N = 30)

Functioning graft at 12 months (N = 23)

Graft failure at 12 months (N = 6)

P value

Functioning graft at 24 months (N = 18)

Graft failure at 24 months (N = 9)

P value

Age (y)

53.5 ± 26

54.0 ± 19

43 ± 23

0.302

51.5 ± 23

48 ± 28

0.940

Donor age (y)

48.0 ± 23

50.0 ± 26

44 ± 19

0.555

45 ± 26

48.5 ± 23

0.825

Gender (m/f)

20/10

15/8

4/2

1.000

12/6

5/4

0.683

Post-transplant diabetes

3/30

3/23

0/6

1.000

3/18

0/9

0.529

BMI

25.3 ± 4.1

24.9 ± 3.9

25.4 ± 6.6

0.511

24.1 ± 5.6

25.5 ± 5.6

0.194

Systolic BP (mmHg)

134 ± 17

138 ± 20

131.5 ± 30

0.384

136.5 ± 21

133 ± 16

0.348

Diastolic BP (mmHg)

84 ± 10

84 ± 10

84 ± 31

0.581

86 ± 11

84 ± 18

0.691

Time after transplantation (m)

127.5 ± 91.3

128 ± 130

127.5 ± 52.5

0.773

133.5 ± 135.5

126 ± 35

0.275

eGFR (mL/min)

22.5 ± 12

24.0 ± 13

19.0 ± 10

0.302

25.5 ± 12

18.0 ± 4

0.095

eGFR < 25 mL/min

17/30

12/23

5/6

0.354

8/18

8/9

0.042

Proteinuria (mg/g creatinine)

840 ± 1166

830 ± 950

1256 ± 3211

0.302

657 ± 1276

869 ± 2017

0.668

Living donor transplants

8/30

6/23

2/6

1.000

4/18

3/9

0.653

pancreas/kidney

2/30

–

–

    

Immunosuppression

 Tacrolimus

22/30

15/23

6/6

0.148

13/18

6/9

1.000

 Cyclosporine A

8/30

8/23

0/6

0.148

5/18

3/9

1.000

 Mycophenolic acid

27/30

20/23

6/6

1.000

16/18

9/9

0.538

 Azathioprin

2/30

2/23

0/6

1.000

1/18

0/9

1.000

 Steroid

24/30

17/23

6/6

0.295

13/18

8/9

0.628

DSA

14/30

11/23

2/6

0.663

8/18

4/9

1.000

h/o any rejection

15/30

10/23

5/6

0.169

7/18

7/9

0.103

aTCMR

3/30

1/23

2/6

0.100

1/18

2/9

0.250

aABMR

6/30

4/23

2/6

0.575

2/18

4/9

0.136

Biopsy scores

 glomerular scarring (%)

30.5 ± 33

27 ± 31

42 ± 27

0.302

29 ± 27

32 ± 43

0.860

 cg

0.0 ± 3.0

0.0 ± 3.0

1.25 ± 3.0

0.694

0.0 ± 1.1

2.5 ± 3.0

0.232

 ct

1.0 ± 1.0

1.0 ± 1.0

1.0 ± 2.0

0.546

1.0 ± 1.0

1.0 ± 1.0

0.348

 ci

1.0 ± 1.0

1.0 ± 1.0

1.0 ± 2.0

0.477

1.0 ± 1.0

1.0 ± 1.0

0.253

 cv

2.0 ± 2.0

2.0 ± 2.0

1.5 ± 1.0

0.427

2.0 ± 3.0

2.0 ± 1.0

0.560

 mm

1.0 ± 2.0

1.0 ± 1.0

2.0 ± 1.5

0.071

0.0 ± 1.0

2.0 ± 1.5

0.067

 ah

3.0 ± 0.0

3.0 ± 0.0

3.0 ± 0.3

0.979

0.0 ± 1.0

3.0 ± 1.0

0.860

 g

0.0 ± 1.0

0.0 ± 1.0

0.0 ± 1.9

0.694

0.0 ± 1.0

0.0 ± 1.8

0.668

 t

0.0 ± 0.0

0.0 ± 0.0

0.0 ± 2.0

0.384

0.0 ± 0.0

0.0 ± 1.0

0.322

 i

0.0 ± 0.0

0.0 ± 0.0

0.0 ± 2.0

0.546

0.0 ± 0.0

0.0 ± 1.0

0.781

 v

0.0 ± 0.0

0.0 ± 0.0

0.0 ± 0.0

1.000

0.0 ± 0.0

0.0 ± 0.0

1.000

 ptc

0.0 ± 0.0

0.0 ± 0.0

0.5 ± 3.0

0.102

0.0 ± 0.0

0.0 ± 0.0

0.067

 C4d

0.0 ± 0.0

0.0 ± 0.0

0.0 ± 1.0

0.655

0.0 ± 0.0

0.0 ± 0.0

0.820

 MVI sum score

0.0 ± 1.3

0.0 ± 1.0

1.25 ± 3.8

0.254

0.0 ± 0.0

2.0 ± 3.0

0.095

 MVI sum score ≧2

7/30

4/23

3/6

0.131

2/18

5/9

0.023

  1. Data were expressed as medians (interquartile range), or numbers
  2. BMI body mass index, BP Blood pressure, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate, DSA donor specific antibodies, h/o history of, aTCMR active T cell mediated rejection, aABMR active antibody-mediated rejection, MVI microvascular inflammation