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[Retracted] The Impact of Graft Nephrectomy on Subsequent Transplants: Multivariate Analysis of Risk Factors for Second Graft Loss and for Multiple Transplantations–A Single-Center Retrospective Study

Table 2

Group characteristics, Student’s -test.
 G1 (transplantectomy group)  
G2 (graft in situ group)  
( )
Recipient age (years)   
 Overall (16.59–40.89) (14.97–39.55)NS (0.32)
 MTx (15.45–37.45) (1.81–32.68)NS (0.06)
 (2Tx) versus MTx (20.16–41.02)   (15.45–37.45) (16.56–40.4)   (1.73–29.47)(G1) (.06)  (G2) (.03)
Sex (M/F)   
 Overall33/16 (2 : 1)40/12 (3.33 : 1)NS (0.29)
 MTx7/82/2NS (0.48)
Ethnic distribution (%)   
 Afro-British3 (6.12)5 (9.62)NS (0.23)
 Asian3 (6.12)7 (13.46)
 Bangladeshi1 (2.04)0
 Caucasian36 (73.47)30 (57.69)
 Indian3 (6.12)5 (9.62)
 Pakistani01 (1.92)
 West Indian Black1 (2.04)1 (1.92)
 Unknown2 (4.08)3 (5.77)
Donor   
 Living (%)12 (24.49%)12 (23.08%)NS (0.87)
 Deceased (%)37 (75.5%)40 (76.32%)
HLA mismatch   
 Overall (1.68–4.32) (1.12–3.91)NS (0.76)
 MTx (1.75–4.25) (0.9–3.5)NS (0.24)
≥1 rejections (first graft)   
 Overall (%)19 (38.77)26 (50)NS (0.26)
 MTx (%)5 (33.33)1 (20)NS (0.6)
≥1 rejections (second graft)   
 Overall (%)19 (24.49)11 (21.12)NS (0.05)
 MTx (%)10 (50)3 (60)NS (0.79)
MTx: multiple renal transplants (>2); HLA: human leukocyte antigen; NS: nonsignificant ( ).