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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Kidney Int. 2013 Aug 21;85(2):404–415. doi: 10.1038/ki.2013.278
Variable At Basline Longitudinally
Plasma Renin Activity Plasma Aldosterone Plasma Renin Activity Plasma Aldosterone
Estimate (95% CI) P-Value Estimate (95% CI) P-Value Estimate (95% CI) P-Value Estimate (95% CI) P-Value
Recipient Age (years) 0.004 (−0.12, 0.03) 0.75 −0.47 (−2.11, 1.17) 0.57 −0.02 (−0.05, 0.01) 0.25 −0.25 (−1.47, 0.97) 0.69
Female Recipient −0.81 (−1.35, −0.28) <0.01 −36.90 (−73.97, 0.16) 0.05 −0.65 (−1.39, 0.10) 0.09 −25.59 (−52.62, 1.43) 0.06
Caucasian Recipient 0.60 (−0.15, 1.35) 0.12 11.15 (−39.95, 62.26) 0.67 0.38 (−0.70, 1.47) 0.49 −6.69 (−46.52, 33.15) 0.74
Recipient BMI (kg/m2) 0.003 (−0.05, 0.06) 0.91 0.14 (−3.55, 3.83) 0.94 0.03 (−0.04, 0.11) 0.37 3.15 (0.37, 5.93) 0.03
SBP (mmHg) −0.005 (−0.024, 0.013) 0.56 −0.37 (−.164, 0.90) 0.57 0.006 (−0.02, 0.03) 0.63 −0.32 (−1.15, 0.51) 0.45
DBP (mmHg) −0.01 (−0.05, 0.02) 0.44 −0.51 (−3.05, 2.03) 0.69 −0.05 (−0.09, −0.004) 0.03 1.74 (0.27, 3.21) 0.02
Live donor −0.48 (−1.10, 0.13) 0.13 −43.41 (−86.80, −0.03) 0.05 −0.93 (−1.81, −0.05) 0.04 −33.3 (−65.35, −1.25) 0.04
Donor Age (years) −0.03 (−0.05, −0.01) 0.01 0.01 (−1.53, 1.54) 0.99 −0.02 (−0.05, 0.01) 0.21 −0.32 (−1.48, 0.85) 0.59
Female donor 0.66 (0.14, 1.17) 0.01 15.82 (−20.15, 51.79) 0.39 1.11 (0.36, 1.86) <0.01 16.59 (−10.96, 44.15) 0.24
Caucasian donor −0.26 (−0.86, 0.34) 0.39 −35.39 (−76.65, 5.87) 0.09 0.44 (−0.44, 1.31) 0.32 −10.34 (−42.56, 21.87) 0.53
Cause of Kidney Disease
 DM reference reference reference reference
 HTN −0.28 (−1.47, 0.90) 0.64 −23.08 (−111.87, 65.70) 0.61 1.54 (0.02, 3.05) 0.05 −17.96 (−75.43, 39.51) 0.54
 PCKD −0.12 (−0.96, 0.72) 0.78 −3.39 (−63.60, 56.81) 0.91 −0.36 (−1.48, 0.77) 0.53 7.74 (−34.11, 49.59) 0.72
 Other 0.57 (−0.03, 1.17) 0.06 18.50 (−22.98, 59.97) 0.38 0.65 (−0.23, 1.52) 0.15 5.09 (−26.77, 36.94) 0.75
Smoking 0.26 (−0.47, 1.00) 0.48 20.89 (−29.17, 70.95) 0.41 −0.96 (−1.95, 0.03) 0.06 −20.37 (−58.06, 17.31) 0.29
Hyperlipidemia −0.24 (−1.88, 1.40) 0.77 117.12 (3.32, 230.92) 0.04 −0.62 (−2.34, 1.11) 0.48 46.25 (−20.40, 112.89) 0.17
Losartan −0.11 (−0.59, 0.37) 0.66 5.59 (−27.99, 39.17) 0.74 1.61 (0.90, 2.31) <0.01 −14.73 (−40.57, 11.11) 0.26
Thiazides 0.75 (−0.18, 1.68) 0.11 44.59 (−20.48, 109.66) 0.18 −0.003 (−1.29, 1.29) 0.99 24.21 (−23.88, 72.29) 0.32
Loop diuretics 0.04 (−0.57, 0.66) 0.89 −6.96 (−48.44, 34.52) 0.74 0.17 (−0.68, 1.02) 0.69 −25.64 (−56.97, 5.69) 0.11
Tacrolimus + Rapamycin 0.13 (−0.89, 1.16) 0.80 7.65 (−65.62, 80.93) 0.84 0.57 (−0.95, 2.09) 0.46 1.98 (−54.92, 58.88) 0.95
Tacrolimus + MMF −0.37 (−1.33, 0.60) 0.45 0.65 (−65.87, 67.16) 0.98 −0.05 (−1.43, 1.34) 0.95 −1.27 (−52.26, 49.73) 0.96
Tacrolimus + MMF + Pred. −0.79 (−1.99, 0.40) 0.19 30.04 (−52.28, 112.36) 0.47 0.23 (−1.59, 2.04) 0.81 47.03 (−19.81, 113.86) 0.17
CSA + MMF −0.46 (−1.44, 0.53) 0.36 1.13 (−67.19, 69.44) 0.97 0.76 (−0.66, 2.18) 0.29 −27.39 (−79.82, 25.04) 0.30
CSA + MMF + Pred. −0.74 (−1.79, 0.31) 0.16 −22.45 (−94.30, 49.39) 0.54 0.66 (−0.87, 2.18) 0.40 −18.64 (−75.46, 38.18) 0.52

- SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; CSA: Cyclosporine, MMF: mycophenolate mofetil, DM: diabetes mellitus, PCKD; polycystic kidney disease, HTN: hypertension, ACR: albumin-creatinine ratio