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World J Transplant. Jun 24, 2016; 6(2): 370-379
Published online Jun 24, 2016. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v6.i2.370
Published online Jun 24, 2016. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v6.i2.370
No fracture (n = 2591) | Major Fracture (n = 132) | P-value | |
General risk factors | |||
Age (yr) | 50.5 (41-61) | 56.5 (45-63) | 0.01 |
Women | 928 (35.8) | 66 (48.5) | 0.004 |
Race/ethnicity | 0.40 | ||
White | 1845 (71.2) | 103 (78) | |
Asian | 208 (8.0) | 8 (6.1) | |
Black | 198 (7.6) | 7 (5.3) | |
Other2 | 340 (13.1) | 14 (10.6) | |
Diabetes | 673 (25.6) | 40 (30.3) | 0.27 |
Fall with hospitalization in the year prior to the transplant date | 92 (3.6) | 8 (6.1) | 0.15 |
Major fracture prior to the transplant date3 | |||
Transplant specific risk factors | |||
Length of time on dialysis prior to transplant (measured in years)4 | 2.8 (1.2-5.4) | 2.7 (0.92-5.1) | 0.56 |
Type of donor | 0.47 | ||
Deceased (vs living) | 1458 (56.3) | 70 (53.0) | |
Cause of end-stage renal disease5 | 0.004 | ||
Glomerulonephritis | 951 (36.7) | 39 (29.6) | |
Cystic kidney disease | 385 (14.9) | 31 (23.5) | |
Diabetes | 560 (21.6) | 37 (28.0) | |
Other | 695 (26.8) | 25 (18.9) | |
Pre-transplant dialysis modality6 | 0.99 | ||
Peritoneal dialysis | 701 (27.1) | 35 (26.5) | |
Hemodialysis | 1622 (62.6) | 83 (62.9) | |
Pre-emptive | 268 (10.3) | 14 (11.6) | |
Donor characteristics | |||
Type of donor | 0.47 | ||
Deceased (vs living) | 1458 (56.3) | 70 (53.0) | |
Donor age (yr) | 46 (36-54) | 48 (41-55) | 0.16 |
Donor sex | 0.73 | ||
Women | 1295 (50.0) | 68 (51.5) |
- Citation: Naylor KL, Zou G, Leslie WD, Hodsman AB, Lam NN, McArthur E, Fraser LA, Knoll GA, Adachi JD, Kim SJ, Garg AX. Risk factors for fracture in adult kidney transplant recipients. World J Transplant 2016; 6(2): 370-379
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/2220-3230/full/v6/i2/370.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.5500/wjt.v6.i2.370