Clinical Study

Recurrent Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis in Renal Allograft Recipients: Role of Human Leukocyte Antigen Mismatching and Other Clinical Variables

Table 3

Recurrent Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis in renal allograft recipients from 1990 to 2007 at Montefiore Medical Center.

Data of all transplant recipients

All transplants for primary FSGS ( )FSGS recurrence ( )No recurrence ( ) value

HLA, mean1.83 ± 0.141.85 ± 0.161.73 ± 0.33.83
HLAc1.89 ± 0.171.91 ± 0.191.80 ± 0.45.81

Number of HLA matches

037 (28%)30 (28%)7 (32%) .99
123 (18%)20 (18%)3 (14%)
227 (21%)22 (20%)5 (23%)
321 (16%)17 (16%)4 (18%)
413 (10%)11 (10%)2 (9%)
54 (3%)3 (3%)1 (5%)
64 (3%)4 (4%)0 (0%)
HLA < 342 (32%)27 (25%)15 (68%) .99
HLA ≥ 310 (8%)6 (6%)4 (18%)
PRAm26.83 ± 3.0430.19 ± 3.6514.89 ± 3.76.036
PRA < 3032 (24%)20 (18%)12 (55%) .72
PRA ≥ 3011 (84%)8 (7%)3 (14%)
PRAc23.76 ± 3.6726.73 ± 4.5214.38 ± 4.79.15
PRAc < 3022 (17%)13 (16%)9 (41%) .99
PRAc≥ 304 (3%)2 (2%)2 (9%)
PreTx pp8 (6%)5 (5%)3 (14%).13
PostTx pp25 (19%)8 (7%)17 (77%)<.001
Acute Rejection39 (30%)32 (29%)7 (32%).80
Humoral6 (5%)6 (6%)0 (0%) .29
Cellular22 (17%)15 (14%)7 (32%)
Chronic Rejection46 (35%)35 (32%)11 (50%).14
Hypertension63 (48%)49 (45%)14 (64%).16

Data for subgroup of pediatric patients

All transplants for primary FSGS ( )FSGS recurrence ( )No recurrence
( )
value

HLA, mean1.43 ± 0.191.42 ± 0.321.43 ± 0.23.92
HLAc1.39 ± 0.241.46 ± 0.431.33 ± 0.27.98

Number of HLA matches

016 (33%)7 (37%)9 (30%) .95
110 (20%)3 (16%)7 (23%)
214 (29%)5 (26%)9 (30%)
34 (8%)2 (11%)2 (7%)
45 (10%)2 (11%)3 (10%)
50 (0%)0 (0%)0 (0%)
60 (0%)0 (0%)0 (0%)
HLA < 340 (82%)15 (79%)25 (83%) .72
HLA ≥ 39 (18%)4 (21%)5 (17%)
PRAm16.68 ± 3.5213.56 ± 4.1218.68 ± 5.17.88
PRA < 3030 (61%)12 (63%)18 (60%) .72
PRA ≥ 3010 (20%)3 (16%)7 (23%)
PRAc10.24 ± 3.2712.63 ± 5.468.57 ± 4.08.52
PRAc < 3021 (43%)9 (47%)12 (40%) .99
PRAc ≥ 304 (8%)2 (11%)2 (7%)
PreTx pp8 (16%)3 (16%)5 (17%).99
PostTx pp20 (41%)16 (84%)14 (47%)<.001
Acute Rejection21 (43%)6 (32%)15 (50%).26
Humoral3 (6%)0 (0%)3 (10%) .52
Cellular18 (37%)6 (32%)12 (40%)
Chronic Rejection19 (39%)9 (47%)10 (33%).38
Hypertension28 (57%)12 (63%)16 (53%).77

cnumber of subjects, corrected to exclude acute rejection.
PRAm: Peak PRA; mean: all subjects.
PRAc: Peak PRA; mean: corrected for absence of any acute rejection (confounder effect).
PreTx pp: Pretransplant plasmapheresis.
PostTx pp: Posttransplant plasmapheresis.