Table 1.
Characteristics of the study population
| Total |
|
|---|---|
| (N = 354) | |
| Sex | |
| Men | 233 (65.8) |
| Women | 121 (34.2) |
| Recipient age, yr | 52 (42–62) |
| Body mass index, kg/m2 | 25 (23–29) |
| Cardiovascular disease | 185 (52.3) |
| Hypertension | 194 (54.8) |
| Dyslipidemia | 171 (48.3) |
| Diabetes | 63 (17.8) |
| History of cancer | 25 (7.1) |
| Smoking status | |
| Nonsmoker | 217 (61.3) |
| Smoker | 54 (15.3) |
| Ex-smoker | 83 (23.4) |
| Alcohol consumption | 10 (2.8) |
| Etiology of chronic kidney disease | |
| Diabetic nephropathy | 26 (7.3) |
| Glomerulonephritis | 112 (31.6) |
| Hereditary nephropathy | 4 (1.1) |
| Hypertensive nephropathy | 27 (7.6) |
| Interstitial nephritis | 14 (4.0) |
| Renal and urinary tract malformations | 29 (8.2) |
| Polycystic kidney disease | 59 (16.7) |
| Vascular nephropathy | 17 (4.8) |
| Other nephropathy | 18 (5.1) |
| Indeterminate | 48 (13.6) |
| Previous kidney transplantations | |
| None | 306 (86.4) |
| 1 | 43 (12.1) |
| 2 | 5 (1.4) |
| Time on dialysis, yr | 3.36 (3.35) |
Results are expressed as n (%), median (interquartile range), or mean ± SD.