Table 1 Baseline characteristics and cardiovascular risk factors of the kidney transplant recipients
Baseline characteristics | Mean | SD | Median |
Age of recipient (years) | 46.97 | 14.2 | 49.00 |
Age of donor (years) | 42.07 | 18.7 | 44.00 |
Time in renal replacement therapy (months) | 31.1 | 35.0 | 20.00 |
n | % | 95% CI | |
Gender of recipient | |||
Men | 1266/2029 | 62.4 | 60.3–64.5 |
Women | 763/2029 | 37.6 | 35.5–39.7 |
Gender of donor | |||
Men | 1329/1982 | 67.1 | 65.0–69.1 |
Women | 653/1982 | 32.9 | 30.9–35.0 |
Live donor | 83/1939 | 4.3 | 3.4–5.2 |
Pre-transplant substitutive renal therapy | |||
Haemodialysis | 1462/1951 | 74.9 | 73.0–76.9 |
Peritoneal dialysis | 489/1951 | 25.1 | 23.1–27.0 |
Prior transplant | |||
First transplant | 1745/2029 | 86.0 | 84.5–87.5 |
Re-transplant | 284/2029 | 14.0 | 12.5–15.5 |
DR compatibilities | |||
0 | 184/1942 | 9.5 | 8.1–10.8 |
1 | 1340/1942 | 69.0 | 66.9–71.1 |
2 | 418/1942 | 21.5 | 19.7–23.4 |
ABO Compatibilities | |||
0 | 377/1955 | 19.3 | 17.5–21.1 |
1 | 791/1955 | 40.5 | 38.3–42.7 |
2 | 660/1955 | 33.8 | 31.6–35.9 |
3 | 101/1955 | 5.2 | 4.2–6.2 |
4 | 26/1955 | 1.3 | 0.8–1.9 |
Type of transplant | |||
Kidney | 1927/2008 | 95.5 | 94.6–96.4 |
Kidney + liver | 19/2008 | 0.94 | 0.5–1.4 |
Kidney + pancreas | 55/2008 | 2.73 | 2.0–3.5 |
Kidney + heart | 12/2008 | 0.59 | 0.2–0.9 |
Kidney + heart + liver | 1/2008 | 0.05 | 0.001–0.3 |
Kidney + lung | 4/2008 | 0.20 | 0.05–0.5 |
Cardiovascular Risk Factors | n | % | 95% CI |
Previous cardiovascular disease | 328/1983 | 16.5 | 14.9–18.2 |
Obesity (BMI ≥ 30kg/m2) | 191/1598 | 12.0 | 10.3–13.6 |
Pre-transplant hypertension | 1698/1982 | 85.7 | 84.1–87.2 |
Pre-transplant left ventricular hypertrophy | 850/1856 | 45.8 | 43.5–48.1 |
Pre-transplant diabetes mellitus | 176/1999 | 8.8 | 7.5–10.1 |
Pre-transplant smoker | 477/1007 | 47.4 | 44.2–50.5 |