From: What are the short-term annual cost savings associated with kidney transplantation?
Low cost (2.9%) | Medium cost (51.8%) | High cost (45.3%) | P-value | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sex at birth | 0.638 | |||
Female | 18.2% | 31.4% | 32.0% | |
Male | 81.2% | 68.6% | 68.0% | |
Charlson comorbidity index | < 0.001 | |||
No comorbidity (0) | – | 4.9% | 5.2% | |
Mild (1–2) | 72.7% | 74.0% | 55.7% | |
Moderate (3–4) | 27.3% | 18.4% | 24.7% | |
Severe (≥ 5) | – | 2.7% | 14.4% | |
Dialysis type | 0.459 | |||
Hemodialysis | 45.5% | 54.7% | 57.1% | |
Peritoneal dialysis | 36.4% | 34.1% | 32.6% | |
Not on dialysis | 18.2% | 11.2% | 10.3% | |
Blood type | 0.711 | |||
A | 36.4% | 38.1% | 41.2% | |
AB | – | 4.9% | 1.0% | |
B | 9.1% | 12.1% | 12.4% | |
O | 54.6% | 44.8% | 45.4% | |
Organ type | 0.696 | |||
Deceased donor | 90.1% | 81.6% | 80.4% | |
Live donor | 9.1% | 18.4% | 19.6% | |
Transplant status | 0.042 | |||
Functioning graft | 100% | 94.2% | 86.6% | |
Graft failed | - | 5.8% | 13.4% | |
Age at transplantation | - | |||
Median (IQR)-years | 60 (22) | 51 (21) | 57 (19) | |
Mean (SD) | 56.1 (13.4) | 50.1 (13.9) | 55.8 (13.1) | |
Number of years on dialysis | - | |||
Median (IQR)-years | 1.7 (1.5) | 1.7 (2.3) | 2.2 (2.3) | |
Mean (SD) | 2.0 (0.4) | 2.4 (0.2) | 2.7 (0.3) |