Outcome of renal transplantation in South Asian recipients is similar to that in non-Asians.
Transplantation
; 78(7): 1021-4, 2004 Oct 15.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The United Kingdom has a large South Asian population, in which there is a high rate of renal disease and which forms a significant percentage of the renal transplant waiting list. Information about short- and long-term transplant outcomes in this ethnic group is limited, although it has been suggested that graft survival is poorer in this population compared with non-Asians.METHODS:
The authors examined the outcome and determinants of medium-term (5-year) survival in 245 renal transplants, 53 of which were performed in South Asian patients between 1995 and 2002.RESULTS:
Three-year survival with a functioning graft was 89% for the non-Asians and 85% for the South Asians. At 5 years, this deviated to 83% and 70%, respectively, for the two groups, but this did not reach statistical significance. Acute rejection rates were similar in the two groups. South Asian ethnicity was not a significant predictor of medium-term graft loss in the authors' study.CONCLUSIONS:
In this cohort of patients, South Asian ethnic background did not confer a survival disadvantage after renal transplantation.
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Assunto principal:
Transplante de Rim
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Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
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En
Ano de publicação:
2004
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Article