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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 24.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2015 Sep 29;63(10):2152–2157. doi: 10.1111/jgs.13657

Table 4.

Pre- and Post-Kidney Transplantation (KT) Factors Associated with Trajectories of Frailty

Pre-KT Model Pre-KT Model


Without Pre-KT Frailty With Pre-KT Frailty Without Pre-KT Frailty With Pre-KT Frailty

Factor Relative Risk (95% Confidence Interval)
Frail at KT 1.53 (1.33–1.77) 1.49 (1.29–1.72)

Male recipient 0.97 (0.85–1.12) 1.01 (0.88–1.15) 0.95 (0.83–1.10) 0.99 (0.87–1.13)

Aged ≥65 1.14 (0.97–1.33) 1.12 (0.96–1.29) 1.14 (0.98–1.33) 1.12 (0.97–1.29)

Black 0.99 (0.86–1.14) 0.98 (0.86–1.12) 0.97 (0.84–1.12) 0.96 (0.84–1.10)

Live donor recipient 0.68 (0.58–0.80) 0.70 (0.60–0.81) 0.72 (0.61–0.84) 0.73 (0.62–0.84)

Body mass index (per 5 kg/m2) 1.01 (0.96–1.08) 1.01 (0.95–1.07) 1.01 (0.95–1.07) 1.00 (0.95–1.06)

Previous transplantation 1.14 (0.95–1.38) 1.13 (0.95–1.35) 1.17 (0.97–1.41) 1.14 (0.96–1.36)

Diabetes mellitus 1.23 (1.05–1.45) 1.26 (1.09–1.47) 1.23 (1.05–1.44) 1.26 (1.08–1.46)

Panel Reactive Antibody score 0 0.92 (0.80–1.06) 0.91 (0.80–1.04) 0.94 (0.81–1.08) 0.92 (0.81–1.05)

No human leukocyte antibody mismatches 0.85 (0.62–1.17) 0.90 (0.66–1.22) 0.87 (0.64–1.19) 0.91 (0.67–1.23)

Time on dialysis (per year) 1.00 (0.98–1.02) 1.00 (0.98–1.02) 1.00 (0.98–1.02) 1.00 (0.98–1.02)

Delayed graft function 1.30 (1.10–1.53) 1.22 (1.04–1.43)

Acute rejection 1.10 (0.74–1.64) 1.14 (0.78–1.67)