Table 2.

Posttransplant outcomes of 9384 dialysis patients who underwent renal transplantation between July 2001 and June 2006

Pretransplant Serum Phosphorus (mg/dl)	<3.5	3.5 to <5.5	5.5 to <7.5	7.5 to <9.5	≥9.5	P for trend
N [%]	270 [3]	3700 [40]	3980 [42]	1229 [13]	205 [2]	N/A
Deaths (n) [crude death rate %]	37 [14]	305 [8]	292 [7]	81 [7]	22 [11]	0.02
Crude all-cause mortality rate (/1000 patient-years) [95% CI]	57.5 [41.7 to 79.4]	34.9 [31.2 to 39.0]	30.1 [26.9 to 33.8]	25.0 [20.1 to 31.1]	46.1 [30.4 to 70.0]	N/A
Cardiovascular deaths (n) [crude CV death rate %]	12 [4]	69 [2]	74 [2]	23 [2]	8 [4]	0.82
Crude CV mortality rate (/1000 patient-years) [95% CI]	18.6 [10.6 to 32.8]	7.9 [6.2 to 10.0]	7.6 [6.1 to 9.6]	7.1 [4.7 to 10.7]	16.8 [8.4 to 33.5]	N/A
Graft failure (n) [crude graft failure rate %]	28 [10]	288 [8]	324 [8]	137 [11]	34 [17]	<0.001
Crude graft failure rate (/1000 patient-years) [95% CI]	43.5 [30.0 to 63.0]	32.9 [29.3 to 36.9]	33.4 [30.0 to 37.3]	42.3 [35.8 to 50.4]	71.2 [50.9 to 99.7]	N/A
DGF (n) [crude DGF %]	54 [21]	720 [20]	791 [21]	258 [23]	38 [20]	0.24
History of acute rejection (%)	3	4	4	5	7	0.16

Values in brackets indicate the crude death and cardiovascular death rate, crude graft failure rate, and crude DGF rate in the indicated group during the 6 years of observation. Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; CV, cardiovascular; DGF, delayed graft function.