Clinical Study

Peritransplant Soluble CD30 as a Risk Factor for Slow Kidney Allograft Function, Early Acute Rejection, Worse Long-Term Allograft Function, and Patients’ Survival

Table 5

Significant predictors of eGFR at different time points of posttransplant period.

Predictive variablesUnivariate linear regressionMultivariate linear regression
BetaSE valueBetaSE value

eGFR at 1 month (mL/min/1.73 m2)
Deceased-donor graft−0.3330.1440.025
Impaired initial function−0.6600.115<0.001−0.6160.115<0.001
eGFR at 3 months (mL/min/1.73 m2)
Recipient age−0.3700.1430.013−0.1900.1440.192
Pretransplant sCD300.3130.1470.0380.1450.1410.309
Impaired initial function−0.5090.133<0.001−0.4170.1370.004
eGFR at 6 months (mL/min/1.73 m2)
Recipient age−0.3410.1450.024
Pretransplant sCD300.3160.1460.0370.2910.1310.032
Impaired initial function−0.4480.1380.002−0.3780.1290.005
Previous AR−0.3170.1460.036−0.3660.1270.006
eGFR at 1 year (mL/min/1.73 m2)
Early AR−0.3210.1500.038−0.2320.1470.123
Serum creatinine at discharge−0.3550.1480.021−0.2370.1530.129
Deceased-donor graft−0.3250.1500.036−0.2060.1520.182
eGFR at 2 years (mL/min/1.73 m2)
Posttransplant sCD300.4170.1780.0270.3820.1610.026
Serum creatinine at discharge−0.4130.1790.029−0.3420.1670.052
Deceased-donor graft−0.3920.1800.039−0.2320.1690.184
eGFR at 3 years (mL/min/1.73 m2)
AR at any time−0.3530.1560.030−0.1970.1410.172
Previous transplants−0.4890.1450.002−0.4150.1370.005
Serum creatinine at discharge−0.3960.1530.014−0.2940.1390.043
eGFR at 4 years (mL/min/1.73 m2)
Serum creatinine at discharge−0.4320.1550.008−0.4130.1470.008
Pyelonephritis (8th day–2 months)−0.3490.1670.037−0.3240.1470.034
eGFR at 5 years (mL/min/1.73 m2)
Serum creatinine at discharge−0.3890.1560.018−0.2870.1610.079
Second warm ischemia−0.3910.1560.017−0.2920.1610.083

eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate; beta: standardized regression coefficient; SE: standard error of beta; sCD30: soluble CD30; AR: acute rejection. Only variables that significantly influenced the eGFR in univariate analysis are included.