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. 2021 Aug 30;100(5):1132–1135. doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2021.08.017

Table 3.

Characteristics associated with risk of nonhumoral response to a third dose of mRNA COVID-19 vaccine after univariate analysis (n = 136)

Characteristics Global (n = 136)
Negative (n = 42)
Positive (n = 94)
P value
NA n % NA n % NA n %
Transplantation ≤4 yr 0 46 33.8 0 20 47.6 0 26 27.7 0.0378
Male recipient 0 86 63.2 0 17 40.5 0 69 73.4 <0.0001
Transplant rank ≥2 0 20 14.7 0 8 19.0 0 12 12.8 0.4879
Transplant type (kidney vs. SPK/pancreas) 0 124 91.2 0 38 90.5 0 86 91.5 1.0000
Primitive kidney disease 0 0 0 0.6077
 Unknown 10 7.4 5 11.9 5 5.3
 Glomerulonephritis 44 32.4 12 28.6 32 34
 Other 54 39.7 15 35.7 39 41.5
 Vascular disease 12 8.8 4 9.5 8 8.5
 Diabetes 16 11.8 6 14.3 10 10.6
Deceased donor 0 114 83.8 0 37 88.1 0 77 81.9 0.5142
ABDR incompatibilities >4 0 33 24.3 0 12 28.6 0 21 22.3 0.5167
Blood type 0 0 0 0.4838
 O 52 38.2 20 47.6 32 34
 A 66 48.5 18 42.9 48 51.1
 B 14 10.3 3 7.1 11 11.7
 AB 4 2.9 1 2.4 3 3.2
Depleting induction 0 80 58.8 0 29 69 0 51 54.3 0.1525
Lymphocytes <1500/mm3 6 65 50 2 29 72.5 4 36 40 0.0012
Calcineurin inhibitor treatment 2 115 85.8 1 36 87.8 1 79 84.9 0.8662
mTOR inhibitor treatment 2 20 14.9 1 2 4.9 1 18 19.4 0.0569
Antimetabolite treatment 2 101 75.4 1 32 78 1 69 74.2 0.7950
Steroid treatment 2 43 32.1 1 18 43.9 1 25 26.9 0.0811
Diabetes history 0 28 20.6 0 11 26.2 0 17 18.1 0.3950
Cardiovascular history 0 56 41.2 0 17 40.5 0 39 41.5 1.0000
Neoplasia history 0 29 21.3 0 12 28.6 0 17 18.1 0.2490
DSA before transplant 35 8 7.9 8 4 11.8 27 4 6 0.4370
DSA de novo 5 17 13 2 6 15 3 11 12.1 0.8615
Episode of rejection
0
13
9.6
0
6
14.3
0
7
7.4
0.2207

NA
Mean
SD
NA
Mean
SD
NA
Mean
SD

Recipient age, yr 0 63.7 11.7 0 65.3 10.9 0 63.0 11.9 0.2679
Recipient BMI, kg/m2 3 25.5 4.7 1 24.5 3.7 2 25.9 5.0 0.0642
Time from transplantation, yr 0 9.4 8.1 0 7.0 6.7 0 10.4 8.5 0.0143
Allograft function by MDRD, ml/min 3 49.1 19.3 1 41.1 15.1 2 52.6 20.0 0.0004
Total leukocyte count, G/L 5 6.6 2.2 1 6.7 2.4 4 6.5 2.2 0.7306
C0 cyclosporine, ng/ml 125 103.0 25.0 40 129.0 29.7 85 97.2 21.5 0.3526
C0 tacrolimus, ng/ml 55 6.0 1.8 13 6.2 1.9 42 5.9 1.8 0.5758

BMI, body mass index; C0, trough level; COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; DSA, donor-specific antibody; MDRD, Modification of Diet in Renal Disease; mTOR, mechanistic target of rapamycin; NA, not available; SPK, simultaneous pancreas–kidney.

Values in bold are significant (P < 0.05).