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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of recipients and donors

From: Development and validation of a risk index to predict kidney graft survival: the kidney transplant risk index

Characteristic

Value

Total

7365

Recipient characteristics

Age in years (Median; IQR)

52 (41 ā€“ 60)

Sex (Male: Female)

63.2%: 36.8%

Diabetes mellitus n, (%)

1863 (25.3%)

Peripheral vascular disease n, (%)

558 (7.6%)

Hypertension n, (%)

1683 (22.9%)

Primary renal disease

Diabetic Nephropathy

1355 (18.4%)

Glomerulonephritis

2886 (39.2%)

Hypertension

485 (6.6%)

Polycystic Disease

953 (12.9%)

Reflux Nephropathy

501 (6.8%)

Unknown

1185 (16.1%)

Months of haemo-dialysis among patients with any exposure to haemo-dialysis (nā€‰=ā€‰5833) (Median; IQR)

33.0 (14.3 ā€“ 60.7)

Months of peritoneal dialysis among patients with any exposure to peritoneal dialysis (nā€‰=ā€‰3621) (Median; IQR)

20.5 (10.2 ā€“ 36.7)

First graft

6422 (87.2%)

Graft failure n, (%)

693 (9.4%)

Donor characteristics

Age (Median; IQR)

47 (32 ā€“ 58)

Diabetes mellitus n, (%)

450 (6.1%)

Hypertension n, (%)

1683 (22.9%)

Total ischaemia time in hours (Median; IQR)

11.0 (8.0 ā€“ 14.0)

Donation after brain death n, (%)

5815 (79.0%)