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. 2010 Jun;3(Suppl 2):ii2–ii8. doi: 10.1093/ndtplus/sfq063

Table 2.

Association between selected variables and GFR at 12 months (intercept) and GFR slope (multivariate analysis)

Variable Coefficient ± ES t P
Variables affecting intercept
Recipient gender (male/female) −1.523 ± 0.394 −3.868 0.000
HCV status (negative/positive) −1.789 ± 0.567 −3.153 0.002
Donor age (years) −0.222 ± 0.012 −17.927 0.000
Delayed graft function −0.804 ± 0.412 −1.954 0.050
Acute rejection (no/yes) −2.179 ± 0.421 −5.179 0.000
eGFR at 3 months (mL/min/1.73 m2) 0.604 ± 0.011 52.264 0.000
Proteinuria at 12 months (g/24 h) −0.438 ± 0.067 −6.516 0.000
Systolic blood pressure at 12 months (mmHg) −0.024 ± 0.010 −2.389 0.017
Variables affecting slope
Recipient gender by time −0.505 ± 0.103 −4.916 0.000
Time on dialysis (years) by time −0.201 ± 0.052 −3.871 0.000
HCV status (vs negative) by time −0.407 ± 0.136 −3.001 0.003
Primary renal disease (vs diabetes) by time
Chronic glomerulonephritis 1.051 ± 0.274 3.829 0.001
Interstitial nephritis 0.750 ± 0.324 2.314 0.000
Nephroangiosclerosis 1.028 ± 0.294 3.491 0.000
Polycystic disease 1.301 ± 0.293 4.442 0.000
Unknown/other 0.993 ± 0.276 3.596 0.000
eGFR at 3 months (mL/min/1.73 m2) by time −0.023 ± 0.003 −8.945 0.000
Proteinuria at 12 months (mg/day) by time −0.098 ± 0.018 −5.545 0.000
Immunosuppression 12 months (vs cyclosporine) by time
Tacrolimus 0.415 ± 0.193 2.147 0.032
No calcineurin inhibitors 0.874 ± 0.341 2.562 0.010

HCV, hepatitis C virus.