Impact of renal transplantation on cardiac morphological and functional characteristics in children and adults

Table 1 Demographic and laboratory data of various groups (mean values)

	Age in years	Male/female	BMI (kg/m2)	Hb pre Tx	Creatinine ne post Tx (mg/dL)	Hb post Tx (g/dL)	Duration of dialysis in years
Group 1	9.8 ± 3.7	18/12	25.8 ± 4.4	6.9 ± 1.0	0.9 ± 0.3	13.9 ± 0.9	0.6 ± 0.2
Group 2	26.8 ± 5.6	25/5	24.7 ± 3.1	6.9 ± 1.2	1.2 ± 0.2	13.3 ± 1.9	0.9 ± 0.4
Group 3	10.7 ± 2.4	12/8	28.2 ± 9.0	8.7 ± 1.5			3.3 ± 1.2
Group 4	43.9 ± 14.1	8/12	22.7 ± 5.2	9.7 ± 1.9			8.5 ± 4.7
Group 5	12.0 ± 1.5	5 males	18.0 ± 1.5	14.2 ± 0.8
Group 6	30.2 ± 3.7	5 males	25.7 ± 3.8	13.2 ± 1.3

BMI: Body mass index; Hb: Hemoglobin; Tx: Transplantation.

Table 2 Echocardiographic data in various groups (mean values)

	LVED pre Tx	LVES pre Tx	FS pre Tx	EF pre Tx	LVED post Tx	LVES post Tx	FS post Tx	EF post Tx
Group 1	4.7 ± 0.8	3.1 mm ± 0.6 mm	32.6% ± 5.3%	59.7% ± 7.0%	4.2 mm ± 0.5 mm	2.4 mm ± 0.4 mm	41.7% ± 7.6%	71.9 ± 6.1
Group 2	5.9 ± 0.7	4.1 ± 0.9	29.0 ± 6.6	52.0 ± 12.5	4.9 ± 0.6	3.1 ± 0.5	36.5 ± 4.1	64.8 ± 5.9
Group 3	4.7 ± 0.8	3.2 ± 0.6	30.9 ± 5.0	56.5 ± 6.3
Group 4	5.6 ± 0.8	4.0 ± 1.0	29.2 ± 4.3	50.2 ± 7.4
Group 5	4.2 ± 0.4	LVES 3.0 ± 0.5	41.9 ± 2.3	71.6 ± 4.0
Group 6	5.0 ± 0.3	3.1 ± 0.6	38.0 ± 1.9	64.8 ± 3.4

LVED: Left ventricular end diastolic; LVES: Left ventricular end systolic; FS: Fractional shortening; EF: Ejection fraction; Tx: Transplantation.

Table 3 Comparison of children data before and after renal transplantation

Variables	Before renal transplantation(mean ± SD)	After renal transplantation(mean ± SD)	P-value(P-value is significant if < 0.05)
Hemoglobin n (g/dL)	6.9 ± 1.0	13.9 ± 0.9	0.0001
LVED (mm)	4.7 ± 0.8	4.2 ± 0.5	0.0001
LVES (mm)	3.1 ± 0.6	2.4 ± 0.4	0.0001
FS (%)	32.6 ± 5.3	41.7 ± 7.6	0.0001
EF (%)	59.7 ± 7.0	71.9 ± 6.1	0.0001

LVED: Left ventricular end diastolic; LVES: Left ventricular end systolic; FS: Fractional shortening; EF: Ejection fraction.

Table 4 Comparison of adults’ data before and after renal transplantation

Variables	Before renal transplantation(mean ± SD)	After renal transplantation(mean ± SD)	P-value(P-value is significant if < 0.05)
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	6.9 ± 1.2	13.3 ± 1.9	0.0001
LVED (mm)	5.9 ± 0.7	4.9 ± 0.6	0.0001
LVES (mm)	4.1 ± 0.9	3.1 ± 0.5	0.0001
FS (%)	29.0 ± 6.6	36.5 ± 4.1	0.0001
EF (%)	52.0 ± 12.5	64.8 ± 5.9	0.0001

LVED: Left ventricular end diastolic; LVES: Left ventricular end systolic; FS: Fractional shortening; EF: Ejection fraction.