Table 4.
Causes of renal graft loss according to recipient body mass index. Category numbers do not sum up due to overlap between causes of graft failure (normal weight: N = 2, obese: N = 1)
| Variables | Body mass index | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18.5–24.9 (N = 304) | 25–29.9 (N = 205) | ≥ 30 (N = 69) | ||
| Cause of graft loss (%) | ||||
| Death | 23 (7.6) | 13 (6.3) | 4 (5.8) | 0.125 |
| Graft failure | 72 (23.7) | 48 (23.4) | 28 (40.6) | 0.007 |
| Cause of graft failure (%) | ||||
| Vascular | 7 (9.5) | 8 (16.7) | 3 (10.3) | 0.505 |
| Acute or chronic rejection | 29 (39.2) | 13 (27.1) | 7 (24.1) | 0.193 |
| Recurrence of renal disease | 4 (5.4) | 2 (4.2) | 1 (3.4) | 0.893 |
| Chronic allograft nephropathy | 19 (25.7) | 8 (16.7) | 6 (20.7) | 0.452 |
| Infection | 6 (8.1) | 5 (10.4) | 9 (31.0) | 0.006 |
| Other | 9 (12.2) | 12 (25.0) | 3 (10.3) | 0.130 |