Mortality on the Kidney Waiting List and After Transplantation in Patients With Peripheral Arterial Disease: An Analysis of the United States Renal Data System

Abstract Background Reports from the United States Renal Data System (USRDS) indicated that kidney transplantation, whether from a living donor (LD) or deceased donor (DD), offers survival advantage over being on the waiting list. Whether this is true for patients with peripheral arterial disease (P...

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Published in:	Transplantation proceedings Vol. 48; no. 1; pp. 15 - 20
Main Authors:	Brar, A, Stefanov, D.G, Jindal, R.M, John, D, Sumrani, N, Tedla, F, Salifu, M.O
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Elsevier Inc 2016
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Child Child, Preschool Female Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Kidney Failure, Chronic - complications Kidney Failure, Chronic - mortality Kidney Transplantation - methods Kidney Transplantation - mortality Living Donors Male Middle Aged Peripheral Arterial Disease - etiology Peripheral Arterial Disease - mortality Proportional Hazards Models Renal Dialysis Risk Surgery United States Waiting Lists - mortality Young Adult
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Summary:	Abstract Background Reports from the United States Renal Data System (USRDS) indicated that kidney transplantation, whether from a living donor (LD) or deceased donor (DD), offers survival advantage over being on the waiting list. Whether this is true for patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is unknown given that patients with PAD have significant comorbidities. Methods We used a cohort of USRDS incident dialysis patients from 2001 to 2007, with follow-up through 2008. Patients with PAD younger than the age of 70 were included and divided into 3 groups; PAD waitlisted, PAD patients who received a first transplant from a DD, or PAD patients who received a first transplant from a LD. Time-dependent Cox regression models were used to compare differences in mortality. Results In this study, 23,699 incident dialysis patients met inclusion criteria; only 16.7% (n = 3964) were waitlisted, of which 8.9 % (n = 2121) underwent transplantation. Patient survival in the LD group at any time point was significantly better than being on the waiting list ( P < .001). For DD, mortality was higher in the first year compared with waitlisted patients ( P < .001), however, after 1 year survival did not differ as compared with remaining on the waiting list. After adjusting for confounders, the relative risk (RR) of dying was significantly higher for patients with history of severe vascular disease requiring amputation (RR, 1.45; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.15–1.84) in the DD group. Conclusions Kidney transplantation from a DD did not offer survival advantage over being on the waiting list, in part due to a higher rate of severe vascular disease. Careful patient selection may improve outcomes in the DD group.
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ISSN:	0041-1345 1873-2623
DOI:	10.1016/j.transproceed.2015.11.005