Decreased Bone Mineral Density in Patients Submitted to Kidney Transplantation Is Related to Age, Body Mass Index, Time on Dialysis, and Hyperparathyroidism
Table 2
Comparisons between patients who received kidney transplant from living or deceased donors.
Living donor ()
Deceased donor ()
value
Sex
Women
16
20
Men
27
25
0.493
Age (years)
40.1 (31.3–46.7)
49 (39.6–54)
0.004
BMI (kg/m2)
23.6 (22.3–26.5)
25.5 (22.7–28.3)
0.176
Time on dialysis (months)
20 (12–48)
90 (62.5–108)
<0.001
Time since Tx (months)
38 (13–84)
28 (18–39)
0.293
cCalcium (mg/dL)
9.2 (8.9–9.7)
9.5 (9.1–9.8)
0.343
Phosphorus (mg/dL)
2.9 (2.7–3.3)
3 (2.6–3.5)
0.627
Creatinine (mg/dL)
1.1 (1.3–1.7)
1.2 (1.1–1.5)
0.261
Albumin (g/dL)
4.3 (4.2–4.6)
4.3 (4.1–4.6)
0.839
PTH (pg/mL)
47.3 (37.6–72.7)
72.7 (38.7–126)
0.126
Lumbar spine -score
−1.3 (−1.9–0.1)
−0.7 (−1.5–0.2)
0.251
Femoral neck -score
−0.8 (−1.3–0.2)
−0.6 (−1.3–0.1)
0.726
Total femur -score
−0.6 (−1.4–0)
−0.8 (−1.4–−0.1)
0.917
BMI: body mass index; Tx: transplant; cCalcium (corrected for albumin); PTH: parathormone. Results in absolute numbers or median (interquartile interval).
