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- Title
The impact of pancreas transplantation on kidney allograft survival.
- Authors
Browne, S; Gill, J; Dong, J; Rose, C; Johnston, O; Zhang, P; Landsberg, D; Gill, J S
- Abstract
Whether pancreas after kidney transplantation (PAK) compromises kidney allograft survival, and what pre-PAK glomerular filtration rate (GFR) should be used to select patients for PAK is unclear. We analyzed all (n = 2776) PAK recipients in the United States between 1989 and 2007 and compared their risk of kidney failure to a comparator group of n = 13 635 young adult diabetic kidney only transplant recipients during the same time after accounting for selection bias by the use of a propensity score for PAK in a multivariate time to event analysis. In a secondary analysis, we determined the association of pre-PAK GFR with subsequent kidney allograft survival. Despite an increased risk of death early after pancreas transplantation, PAK recipients had a decreased long-term risk of kidney allograft failure compared to diabetic kidney only transplant recipients HR = 0.89; 95% CI: [0.78-1.00]; p = 0.05. An association of pre-PAK GFR with kidney survival was not evident until 3 years after pancreas transplantation, and patients with a pre-PAK GFR of 30-39 mL/min still attained 10-year post-PAK kidney survival of 69%. We conclude that PAK is associated with improved kidney allograft survival, and pre-PAK GFR 30-39 mL/min should not preclude PAK. Expanded use of PAK is warranted.
- Publication
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, 2011, Vol 11, Issue 9, p1951
- ISSN
1600-6143
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1600-6143.2011.03627.x