Table 4.
Patient and graft survival of the KTR older than 70 years
| Death, n (%) | 40 (23.4) |
| Time to death, yr (mean ± SD) | 2.9 ± 3.3 |
| Death with functioning graft, n (%) | 33 (19.3) |
| Cause of death, n (%) | |
| Infection | 19 (47.5) |
| Cardiovascular | 10 (25) |
| Malignancy | 6 (15) |
| Graft loss, n (%) | 72 (42.1) |
| Time to graft loss, yr (mean ± SD) | 2.2 ± 2.9 |
| Death-censored graft loss, n (%) | 39 (22.8) |
| Cause of graft loss, n (%) | |
| Death | 33 (45.8) |
| Acute rejection | 10 (13.8) |
| Chronic rejection | 6 (8.3) |
| Vascular | 7 (9.7) |
| Primary failure | 3 (4.2) |
| Chronic dysfunction | 6 (8.3) |
| Infection | 3 (4.2) |
| Recurrent nephropathy | 2 (2.8) |
| Urologic | 1 (1.4) |
| Malignancy, n (%) | 53 (33.1) |
| Time to malignancy, yr (mean ± SD) | 2.7 ± 2.1 |
| Follow-up, yr (mean ± SD) | 3.5 ± 3.1 |