Early changes in renal resistive index and mortality in diabetic and nondiabetic kidney transplant recipients: a cohort study

Table 3 Association between RI at 1 and 3 months and death with functioning graft in multivariate analysis*

	HR	p
Categories RI (ref = RI < 0.70 both at 1 month & 3 months)	1
RI < 0.70 at 1 month & RI ≥0.70 at 3 months	1.77 [1.02–3.07]	0.044
RI ≥ 0.70 at 1 month & RI < 0.70 at 3 months	1.34 [0.76–2.37]	0.310
RI ≥ 0.70 at 1 month & RI ≥0.70 at 3 months	1.72 [1.07–2.79]	0.026

Values are mean (SD) or absolute (percentage) of patients
DGF Delayed Graft Function, BMI Body Mass Index, SBP Systolic Blood Pressure, DBP Diastolic Blood Pressure, PP Pulse Pressure, eGFR estimated Glomerular filtration Rate using MDRD formula
*Multivariate analysis adjusted on recipient diabetes, age, donor cardiovascular death, body mass index, perfusion machine, double transplantation, pulse pressure, diastolic blood pressure, delayed graft function, and estimated glomerular filtration rate

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