Table 1.
Baseline characteristics for first and repeat preemptive kidney transplant recipients
| Patient Characteristics | First Transplant | Repeat Transplant | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preemptive, N=43,293 (19.1%) | All, N=226,693 | Preemptive, N=4910 (15.5%) | All, N=31,610 | |
| Employment | ||||
| Full time | 14,728 (30.8) | 47,900 | 1464 (22.2) | 6596 |
| Part time/full time | 3753 (28.7) | 13,066 | 376 (17.7) | 2215 |
| Part time | 1935 (18.5) | 10,484 | 242 (13.5) | 1798 |
| Unemployed | 11,848 (10.5) | 112,736 | 1700 (9.9) | 17,148 |
| Retired | 4866 (16.9) | 28,741 | 288 (17.7) | 1820 |
| Education | ||||
| None/grade school | 863 (6.5) | 13,227 | 80 (8.1) | 983 |
| High school | 11,856 (13.6) | 87,290 | 1261 (11.0) | 11,432 |
| College/technical school | 8966 (17.8) | 50,408 | 1022 (13.3) | 7662 |
| Bachelor degree | 8529 (24.4) | 34,919 | 963 (18.0) | 5337 |
| Graduate school | 4789 (31.3) | 15,292 | 443 (22.8) | 1941 |
| Men | 22,637 (16.3) | 138,628 | 2299 (12.5) | 18,448 |
| Women | 16,663 (18.9) | 88,065 | 2054 (15.6) | 13,162 |
| Race | ||||
| White | 33,036 (21.8) | 118,241 | 3399 (17.4) | 19,536 |
| Black | 4341 (7.4) | 58,631 | 486 (7.1) | 6821 |
| Hispanic | 3163 (9.5) | 33,405 | 298 (8.2) | 3654 |
| Other | 1921 (11.7) | 16,413 | 170 (10.6) | 1599 |
| Comorbidities | ||||
| Coronary artery disease | 1925 (11.6) | 16,630 | 182 (10.5) | 1741 |
| Hypertension | 27,781 (15.9) | 174,415 | 3,060 (13.2) | 23,145 |
| Peripheral vascular disease | 1318 (11.2) | 11,822 | 169 (12.8) | 1321 |
| Diabetes | 9348 (12.6) | 74,155 | 995 (15.6) | 6374 |
| Body mass index, kg/m2 | ||||
| <18.5 | 909 (21.3) | 4271 | 174 (16.5) | 1052 |
| 18.5 to <25 | 11,603 (21.9) | 53,017 | 1801 (16.6) | 10,855 |
| 25 to <30 | 13,007 (22.1) | 58,826 | 1228 (16.0) | 7823 |
| 30 to <35 | 8053 (20.5) | 39,300 | 629 (16.4) | 3846 |
| ≥35 | 3370 (16.7) | 20,182 | 238 (13.3) | 1783 |
| PRA | ||||
| <20 | 27,788 (17.3) | 160,597 | 2521 (20.9) | 12,078 |
| 20 to <80 | 2783 (15.9) | 17,499 | 761 (9.9) | 7707 |
| ≥80 | 685 (12.8) | 5356 | 283 (5.4) | 5265 |
| Deceased donor | 12,853 (9.0) | 142,266 | 1747 (8.1) | 21,598 |
| Live donor | 26,447 (31.3) | 84,427 | 2606 (26.0) | 10,012 |
| Age, yr | ||||
| <40 | 7833 (16.4) | 47,637 | 1384 (12.5) | 11,088 |
| 40 to <60 | 19,385 (17.7) | 109,642 | 2339 (14.5) | 16,149 |
| ≥60 | 12,082 (17.4) | 69,414 | 630 (14.4) | 4373 |
| ABO | ||||
| O | 16,073 (15.8) | 101,652 | 1743 (12.3) | 14,149 |
| A | 16,427 (19.5) | 84,216 | 1892 (15.2) | 12,486 |
| B | 4718 (15.6) | 30,253 | 456 (13.1) | 3475 |
| AB | 2082 (19.7) | 10,572 | 262 (17.5) | 1500 |
Missing: employment first KTR (n=13,766), second KTR (n=2123); highest education first KTR (n=25,557), second KTR (n=4255); race first KTR (n=3), recipient CAD first KTR (n=42,163), second KTR (n=5990); recipient hypertension first KTR (n=27,851), second KTR (n=4388); recipient PVD first KTR (n=8478), second KTR (n=1372); recipient diabetes first KTR (n=2129), second KTR (n=606); body mass index first KTR (n=2354), second KTR (n=283); PRA first KTR (n=43,241), second KTR (n=6560). PRA, panel reactive antibody. KTR, kidney transplant recipient; CAD, coronary artery disease; PVD, peripheral vascular disease.