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. 2015 Jul 31;351:h3557. doi: 10.1136/bmj.h3557

Table 3 .

Factors associated with kidney allograft loss in univariate analyses

No of patients/events Hazard ratio (95% CI) P
Baseline recipient characteristics
Age (per 1 year increment) 2763/333 1.000 (0.992 to 1.008) 0.973
Sex
 Female 1120/131 1 0.648
 Male 1643/202 1.053 (0.845 to 1.311)
Baseline donor characteristics
Age (per 1 year increment) 2763/333 1.014 (1.007 to 1.021) <0.001
Sex
 Female 1254/163 1 0.164
 Male 1509/170 0.858 (0.692 to 1.064)
Donor type
 Living related 393/25 1 0.001
 Death from cardiovascular disease 1323/184 2.136 (1.406 to 3.245)
 Other cause of death 1047/124 1.716 (1.116 to 2.638)
Deceased donor
 No 393/25 1 0.001
 Yes 2370/308 1.945 (1.294 to 2.925)
Hypertension
 No 2048/225 1 <0.001
 Yes 661/102 1.647 (1.302 to 2.082)
Diabetes mellitus
 No 2462/292 1 0.050
 Yes 142/22 1.543 (1.000 to 2.380)
Creatinine
 <1.5 mg/dL 2466/291 1 0.900
 ≥1.5 mg/dL 270/40 0.964 (0.547 to 1.700)
Expanded criteria donor
 No 1847/187 1 <0.001
 Yes 916/146 1.869 (1.504 to 2.323)
Baseline transplant characteristics
Graft rank <0.001
 1 2350/249 1
 >1 413/84 2.174 (1.697 to 2.785)
Cold ischaemia time
 <12 h 674/44 1 <0.001
 12-24 h 1560/203 1.877 (1.355 to 2.601)
 ≥24 h 519/85 2.392 (1.662 to 3.443)
Baseline immunological characteristics
No of HLA A/B/DR mismatches 2700/326 1.080 (1.001 to 1.116) 0.047
Anti-HLA DSA on day 0
 No 2428/249 1 <0.001
 Yes 335/84 3.440 (2.676 to 4.421)

DSA=donor specific anti-HLA antibodies; HLA=human leucocyte antigen.