Research Article

H-Y Antigen Incompatibility Not Associated with Adverse Immunologic Graft Outcomes: Deceased Donor Pair Analysis of the OPTN Database

Table 1

Patient characteristics.

Donor male: recipient male ( )Donor male: recipient female ( )P value

Recipient characteristics
Mean age 0.05
Race/ethnicity0.061
 Caucasian50.4%49.2%
 African American29.8%30.4%
 Hispanic13.6%13.6%
 Other6.2%6.9%
Mean BMI 0.13
Cause of endstage renal disease<0.001
 Diabetes Mellitus24.0%21.8%
 Glomerulonephritis16.8%16.7%
 Hypertension22.3%17.2%
 Other/unknown29.7%34.9%
 Polycystic kidney disease7.3%9.3%
Duration of dialysis prior to transplant0.021
 Preemptive8.8%10.1%
 <1 Year10.1%9.7%
 1 to 2 Years15.8%15.9%
 2 to 3 Years15.2%15.0%
 3 to 4 Years13.7%13.4%
 4 to 5 Years10.4%9.6%
 More than 5 Years20.8%20.9%
 On dialysis at transplant duration unknown4.8%4.9%
 Dialysis status not recorded.4%.5%
Previous transplant13.2%13.0%0.69
Previous pregnancy
 YesNA60.1%
 NoNA25.0%
 Not recordedNA14.9%
PRA<0.001
 0%73.9%62.3%
 1–79%23.2%30.7%
 80–100%2.9%7.0%
Donor recipient CMV serology<0.001
 Donor +/recipient −15.6%12.1%
 Donor + or −/recipient +51.0%57.2%
 Donor −/recipient −7.3%5.6%
 Missing donor or recipient serology26.0%25.1%
Mean HLA mismatch 0.56
Cold ischemia time0.22
 0–12 Hours21.7%20.7%
 12–24 Hours48.7%48.9%
 24–36 Hours17.1%17.6%
 >36 Hours2.9%2.8%
 Not recorded9.6%10.1%
Delayed graft function<0.001
 Yes27.0%21.9%
 No72.8%77.9%
 Not recorded0.2%0.2%
Induction therapy<0.001
 Lymphocyte depleting antibody40.8%43.3%
 Interleukin 2 receptor antagonist26.1%24.3%
 Other/None33.1%32.4%
Discharge maintenance immunosuppression<0.001
 Tacrolimus: MPA Agent53.4%54.9%
 Cyclosporine: MPA Agent22.8%21.3%
 Tacrolimus or Cyclosporine: azathioprine3.5%3.8%
 mTOR any combination9.0%8.1%
 Tacrolimus or cyclosporine alone5.1%4.9%
 Other combination6.2%7.0%
Discharge maintenance steriods0.82
 No13.1%12.9%
 Yes81.2%81.5%
 Not specified5.7%5.6%