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. 2017 Jan 16;10(2):154–169. doi: 10.1093/ckj/sfw135

Table 3.

The 1-, 2- and 5-year survival probabilities by treatment modality and cohort from day 1 of the start of RRT/dialysis or from the day of transplantation

Survival probabilities as percentage (95% CI)
Cohort: 2005–09
Cohort: 2008–12
1 year 2 year 5 year 1 year 2 year
Patient survival on RRT
 Unadjusted 82.7 (82.5–82.8) 72.0 (71.8–72.1) 49.4 (49.2–49.5) 83.8 (83.6–84.0) 73.7 (73.5–73.9)
 Adjusteda 90.0 (89.9–90.2) 82.8 (82.6–83.0) 63.3 (63.0–63.6) 90.6 (90.4–90.7) 83.8 (83.6–84.0)
Patient survival on dialysis (with kidney transplantation as a censored observation)
 Unadjusted 81.7 (81.5–81.9) 69.7 (69.5–69.9) 41.5 (41.3–41.6) 82.7 (82.6–82.9) 71.3 (71.1–71.4)
 Adjusteda 88.1 (87.9–88.2) 79.5 (79.2–79.7) 55.7 (55.3–56.1) 89.0 (88.9–89.2) 81.1 (80.8–81.3)
Patient survival after first kidney transplantation (deceased donor)
 Unadjusted 96.1 (95.8–96.3) 94.2 (93.9–94.5) 87.9 (87.5–88.3) 96.4 (96.1–96.6) 94.4 (94.1–94.6)
 Adjustedb 97.6 (97.4–97.8) 96.4 (96.2–96.6) 92.3 (91.9–92.7) 98.0 (97.8–98.1) 96.8 (96.6–97.0)
Graft survival after first kidney transplantation (deceased donor)
 Unadjusted 90.9 (90.6–91.2) 88.1 (87.7–88.4) 79.0 (78.6–79.4) 91.2 (90.9–91.5) 88.3 (88.0–88.6)
 Adjustedb 92.2 (91.8–92.5) 89.7 (89.3–90.1) 81.6 (81.1–82.2) 92.7 (92.4–93.0) 90.2 (89.8–90.6)
Patient survival after first kidney transplantation (living donor)
 Unadjusted 98.4 (98.1–98.7) 97.5 (97.1–97.8) 94.2 (93.7–94.7) 98.8 (98.6–99.0) 97.9 (97.6–98.2)
 Adjustedb 98.8 (98.6–99.1) 98.2 (97.9–98.5) 95.7 (95.2–96.2) 99.2 (99.0–99.3) 98.6 (98.3–98.8)
Graft survival after first kidney transplantation (living donor)
 Unadjusted 95.5 (95.0–95.9) 93.6 (93.0–94.1) 87.0 (86.4–87.7) 96.3 (95.9–96.6) 94.5 (94.1–94.9)
 Adjustedb 95.5 (95.0–96.0) 93.7 (93.1–94.2) 87.0 (86.3–87.8) 96.3 (96.0–96.7) 94.6 (94.2–95.1)

This is based on data from the following registries providing individual patient data: Austria, Belgium (Dutch-speaking), Belgium (French-speaking), Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Iceland, Norway, Spain (Andalusia), Spain (Aragon), Spain (Asturias), Spain (Basque country), Spain (Cantabria), Spain (Castile and León), Spain (Castile-La Mancha), Spain (Catalonia), Spain (Extremadura), Spain (Galicia), Spain (Valencian region), Sweden, the Netherlands and the UK (all countries).

a

Analyses were adjusted using fixed values: age (60 years), gender (60% men) and primary renal disease (20% diabetes mellitus, 17% hypertension/renal vascular disease, 15% glomerulonephritis and 48% other causes).

b

Analyses were adjusted using fixed values: age (45 years), gender (60% men) and primary renal disease (10% diabetes mellitus, 8% hypertension/renal vascular disease, 28% glomerulonephritis and 54% other causes).