Clinical Study

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

Table 4

(a) Acute Rejection in renal allograft recipients from 1990 to 2007 at Montefiore Medical Center. (b) Subgroup of subjects with acute rejection adjusted for FSGS recurrence in renal allograft recipients from 1990 to 2007 at Montefiore Medical Center.
(a)

Data of adult and pediatric patients combined

All transplants for primary FSGS ( )Acute Rejection ( )No-rejection
( )
value

Number of HLA matches

037 (28%)10 (26%)27 (29%) .36
123 (18%)12 (31%)11 (12%)
227 (21%)6 (15%)21 (23%)
321 (16%)5 (13%)16 (17%)
413 (10%)4 (10%)9 (10%)
54 (3%)1 (3%)3 (3%)
64 (3%)1 (3%)3 (3%)
HLA < 342 (32%)18 (46%)24 (26%) .73
HLA ≥ 310 (8%)5 (13%)5 (5%)
PRAm26.83 ± 3.0432.75 ± 5.2823.76 ± 3.67.054
PRAc30.19 ± 3.6536.35 ± 6.0826.73 ± 4.52.068
PRA < 3032 (24%)10 (26%)22 (24%) .080
PRA ≥ 3011 (84%)7 (38%)4 (4%)
Hypertension63 (48%)15 (38%)48 (52%).25
HTNc38 (29%)8 (21%)30 (33%).032

Data for subgroup of pediatric patients

All transplants for primary FSGS ( )Acute Rejection ( )No-rejection
( )
value

Number of HLA matches

016 (33%)6 (29%)10 (36%) .59
110 (20%)6 (29%)4 (14%)
214 (29%)5 (24%)9 (32%)
34 (8%)1 (5%)3 (11%)
45 (10%)3 (14%)2 (7%)
50 (0%)0 (0%)0 (0%)
60 (0%)0 (0%)0 (0%)
HLA < 340 (81%)17 (81%)23 (82%) .99
HLA ≥ 39 (18%)4 (19%)5 (18%)
PRAm16.68 ± 3.5226.75 ± 6.8610.24 ± 3.27.024
PRAc18.68 ± 5.1731.55 ± 9.418.57 ± 4.08.026
PRA < 3030 (61%)9 (29%)21 (75%) .14
PRA ≥ 3010 (20%)6 (29%)5 (18%)
Hypertension28 (57%)11 (52%)17 (61%).77
HTNc15 (31%)5 (24%)10 (36%).13

PRAc: PRA peak, mean corrected to exclude FSGS recurrence cases.
HTNc: for cadaveric donors.
(b)

Adult and pediatric patients with acute rejection and recurrence of FSGS

All acute rejection and no recurrence ( )PostTx pp
( )
No PostTx pp ( ) Value

Cellular rejection15 (71%)2 (40%)13 (81%) .12
Humoral rejection6 (29%)3 (60%)3 (19%)

Pediatric patients alone

All acute rejection and no recurrence ( )PostTx pp
( )
No PostTx pp ( ) Value

Cellular rejection12 (80%)2 (67%)10 (83%) .52
Humoral rejection3 (20%)1 (33%)2 (17%)