Table 5.
Prevalences of moderate to severe echocardiographic valvular calcification, analyzed by dialysis vintage among patients with and without histories of prior transplantation.
| Patients with moderate/severe echocardiographic calcification, n/N (%)a |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Aortic valve | Mitral valve | Mitral annulus | |
| Dialysis duration, including prior transplantees | |||
| <1 year | 8/36 (22.2%) | 7/29 (24.1%) | 7/38 (18.4%) |
| 1–3 years | 18/55 (32.73%) | 7/47 (14.9%) | 19/63 (30.2%) |
| >3 years | 27/105 (25.7%) | 13/89 (14.6%) | 41/114 (36.0%) |
| Total | 53/196 (27.0%) | 27/165 (16.4%) | 67/215 (31.2%) |
| p value (nonzero correlation) | 0.9434 | 0.2941 | 0.0470 |
| Dialysis duration, excluding prior transplantees | |||
| <1 year | 7/34 (20.6%) | 6/27 (22.2%) | 6/36 (16.7%) |
| 1–3 years | 17/50 (34.0%) | 7/41 (17.1%) | 17/57 (29.8%) |
| >3 years | 24/88 (27.3%) | 12/76 (15.8%) | 33/96 (34.4%) |
| Total | 48/172 (27.9%) | 25/144 (17.4%) | 56/189 (29.6%) |
| p value (nonzero correlation) | 0.6755 | 0.4778 | 0.0581 |
a
Affected = numerator/subgroup total = denominator (%).