Table 4.
Readmissions, Biopsies, and Outcomes in DSA-positive and DSA-negative Primary Kidney Transplant Recipients in the First Year Posttransplant.
| Number of Recipients | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient Outcomes | All Recipients (N=95) | DSA negative (n=72) | DSA positive (n=23) | P value | |
| Hospital Readmissions | 64 (67.4%) | 45 (62.5%) | 19 (82.6%) | p=0.004 | |
| Readmissions per patienta | 2.7±2.2 | 2.3±1.5 | 4.1±2.9 | p=0.002 | |
| Kidney Biopsy | 31 (32.6%) | 14 (19.4%) | 17 (74.0%) | p<0.0001 | |
| Acute Rejection | 10 (10.5%) | 3 (4.2%) | 7 (30.4%) | p=0.002 | |
| Rejection | CMR | 5 (5.3%) | 3 (4.2%) | 2 (8.7%) | - |
| AMR | 1 (1.1%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (4.3%) | - | |
| Mixed CMR/AMR | 4 (4.2%) | 0 (0%) | 4 (17.4%) | - | |
| Graft loss | 2 (2.1%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (8.7%) | p=0.057 | |
a
Mean ± standard deviation of readmissions is shown for recipients with readmission