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Liliana Bisigniano1, Viviana Tagliafichi1, Ariel Antik1
1Department of Scientific and Technical Direction, Instituto Nacional Central Único Coordinador de Ablación e Implante (INCUCAI), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Abstract:
Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI), derived from donor characteristics, was developed in the United States in an effort to devise an objective means of assessing donor organ suitability based on predicted graft survival. The objective of this study is to analyze the utility of KDPI to predict renal graft survival in Argentina. We conducted a retrospective national cohort study of adult patients who received a deceased donor renal transplantation in Argentina between January 2008 and December 2017. The graft survival was estimated according to the KDPI stratified by quartiles. A Kaplan-Meier analysis was used to calculate survival. A Cox regression was performed to estimate the probability of graft loss for each quart of the KDPI adjusted by receptor variables (age, diabetes, sex, and dialysis time) and cold ischemia time. In a Kaplan-Meier analysis, the graft survival decreases as the quartile of KDPI increases. Multivariate analysis shows that the increase in KDPI quartile and recipient's characteristics-such as age ≥60 years, diabetes, and dialysis time-were related to the probability of graft loss. In conclusion, the KDPI system could provide a guide to objectively assess the quality of organs offered for transplantation in Argentina.
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