Table 1 Patient’s characteristics

Median follow-up time (years)

6.74 ± 5.3

6.67 ± 2.6

0.954

Recipient Characteristics

 Age at transplantation (years)

49.1 ± 4.7

51.3 ± 3.2

0.789

 Male Gender

28 (66.7%)

13 (61.9%)

0.709

 Duration of diabetes (years)

28.6 ± 7.3

27.1 ± 6.1

0.671

 Type of diabetes

  type 1

29 (69%)

12 (57%)

0.173

  type 2

13 (21%)

9 (33%)

Living kidney donation

7 (33.3%)

-

Dialysis pretransplant

38 (90%)

19 (90.5%)

1.0

Dialysis duration pretransplant (months)

34.74 ± 32.2

54.8 ± 46.3

0.128

Waiting time pretransplant (months)

11.2 ± 2.3

15.4 ± 5.3

0.378

Coronary heart disease

26 (62%)

16 (76%)

0.257

 one-vessel coronary artery disease

13 (31%)

7 (33%)

0.848

 two-vessel coronary artery disease

6 (14.3%)

3 (14.3%)

0.775

 three-vessel coronary artery disease

6 (14.3%)

6 (28.6%)

0.173

 coronary stents

12 (29%)

9 (42%)

0.257

 Peripheral arterial occlusive disease

13 (31%)

8 (38%)

0.571

Pre-transplant amputations

7 (17%)

4 (19%)

0.814

Arterial hypertension history (years)

11,4 ± 7.1

16.8 ± 11.1

0.208

Nicotine abuse

13 (31%)

7 (35%)

0.845

Aspirin pretransplant

17 (42%)

16 (76%)

0.01

Statin pretransplant

28 (68%)

16 (76%)

0.338

Donor Characteristics

 Age (years)

28.2 ± 11.5

50.8 ± 13.5

˂0.01

 Male donor

26 (62%)

9 (43%)

0.151

 Donor BMI

22.8 ± 2.7

24.6 ± 2.92

0.09

 Donor cardiovascular cause of death

25 (59%)

9 (43%)

0.211

 Cardiopulmonary resuscitation

2 (4.8%)

1 (4.7%)

1.0

 Diabetes mellitus

0 (0%)

1 (4.7%)

0.139

 Arterial hypertension

4 (9.5%)

6 (29%)

0.06

 Sodium (mEq/L)

145.5 ± 1.3

147 ± 2.1

0.345

 Creatinine (ummol/L)

77 ± 8.2

79.2 ± 6.2

0.755

 Urea (mmmol/L)

6.3 ± 1.5

7.1 ± 2.1

0.507

 Intensive care unit stay (days)

3.9 ± 0.9

4.6 ± 1.2

0.581

 Cardiovascular events pretransplant

10 (23.8%)

10 (47.6%)

0.06

  myocardial infarction

3 (7.1%)

5 (23.8%)

0.06

  percutaneous coronary intervention

4 (9.5%)

3 (14.2%)

0.571

  coronary artery bypass graft

3 (7.1%)

2 (9.5%)

0.741

 Cardiovascular events posttransplant

3 (7%)

5 (23%)

0.05

  myocardial infarction

2 (4.7%)

2 (10%)

0.464

  percutaneous coronary intervention

1 (2.3%)

3 (13%)

0.067

  coronary artery bypass graft

0

0

1.0

 Cerebrovascular accident pretransplant

2 (4.8%)

2 (9.5%)

0.465

 Cerebrovascular accident posttransplant

1 (2.4%)

3 (14.3%)

0.06

 Death

9 (21%)

9 (42.8%)

0.08

 Cardiovascular cause of death

3 (7.1%)

3 (14.2%)

0.363