1. Long-term outcomes of elderly kidney transplant recipients.
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Orlandi PF, Cristelli MP, Aldworth CA, Freitas TV, Felipe CR, Silva Junior HT, and Pestana JO
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- Adolescent, Adult, Age Factors, Aged, Cohort Studies, Female, Graft Survival, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Retrospective Studies, Time Factors, Treatment Outcome, Young Adult, Kidney Transplantation
- Abstract
Introduction: The number of elderly patients with chronic kidney disease increases progressively, challenging the allocation algorithms in a scenario of organ shortage for transplantation., Objective: To evaluate the impact of age on patient and graft survival., Methods: Evolution of all 366 patients greater than 60 years transplanted between 1998 and 2010 was analyzed versus a control group of 366 younger patients matched for gender, type of donor (living or deceased) and year of transplantation., Results: Diabetes mellitus (HR 1.8; IC 1.2-2.6; p = 0,003) and prioritization (HR 2.9; IC 1.2-2.6; p < 0,001), but not age, were independent factors for kidney graft loss., Conclusion: Advanced age was not related to negative outcomes after kidney transplantation, after excluding recipient death as a cause of allograft loss. Higher mortality rate in this group was associated to a higher frequency of comorbidities, especially diabetes mellitus.
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- 2015
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