Research Article

Logistic Regression Model in a Machine Learning Application to Predict Elderly Kidney Transplant Recipients with Worse Renal Function One Year after Kidney Transplant: Elderly KTbot

Table 3

Comparison of laboratory covariables between younger and elderly patients one year after kidney transplantation.

Laboratory covariables<60 years (n = 100)≥60 years (n = 18)
n (%)n (%)

Serum
 Haemoglobin (g/dL)13.2 ± 1.8 (9.1–19); n = 9213.2 ± 1.6 (9.3–15.7); n = 160.988
 Phosphorus (mg/dL)3.5 ± 3.8 (1.3–33); n = 663.1 ± 0.6 (2.1–4.1); n = 120.983
 Calcium (mg/dL)9.3 ± 2.1 (1.1–13.9); n = 659.9 ± 0.9 (8.8–11.6); n = 120.683
 Albumin (g/dL)4.3 ± 0.6 (2.9–7.2); n = 434.5 ± 0.1 (4.4–4.6); n = 40.242
Urinary
 Proteinuria >0.3 g/24 h
  No70 (75%)07 (44%)0.017
  Yes23 (25%)09 (50%)
 Microalbumin
  <30 mg/dL07 (25%); n = 2800 (-); n = 40.209
  30 to 300 mg/dL06 (21.4%); n = 2800 (-); n = 4
  >300 mg/dL15 (53.6%); n = 2804 (100%); n = 4

PRA: panel-reactive antibody; HLA: human leukocyte antigen; DSA: donor-specific antibody. Chi-square test; Fisher’s exact test; Mann–Whitney U test; and Student’s t-test.