Fig 1.
Flow chart of the study population.
ESRD, end-stage renal disease; KT, kidney transplant; TN transplant-näive.
Table 1.
Clinical and demographic characteristics of patients waitlisted after allograft failure versus transplant-naïve waitlisted patients.
Table 2.
Clinical characteristic of patients waitlisted after graft failure versus transplant-näive waitlisted patients after matching 1:5 with replacement.
Fig 2.
Proportion of deaths in both groups of waiting-list patients according to time on list.
Overall comparison: chi-square = 42.8; P<0.0001 *P = 0.029 vs. transplant-näive waitlisted patients (chi-square = 4.77).
Fig 3.
Estimated survival curves for death while on the waiting list in both groups adjusted for confounders using competing risk analysis.
Table 3.
Causes of death among patients who remained on the waiting lista (n = 1876 patients and 446 deaths) after allograft failure versus transplant-naïve waitlisted patients.
Table 4.
Multivariate competing risk analysis for the relationship between post-graft failure and mortality in relisted patients for kidney transplantationa.