title: Prognostic significance of six-month estimated glomerular filtration rate in cadaveric renal transplantation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We hypothesized a linear relative-risk model for graft survival of cadaveric renal transplantation, with a 6-month estimated glomerular filtration rate (GFR) employed as the linear parameter quantifying functioning renal mass and the detrimental effects of early chronic allograft nephropathy.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective study was conducted in a 15-year series of cadaveric renal transplantations (n = 227) with cyclosporin-based immunosuppression in a single transplant center. The Cockcroft-Gault formula was used for estimation of GFR, with a correction factor of 0.85 used for women. Stepwise Cox's regression analyses were applied to examine the prognostic significance of the 6-month estimated GFR.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The Kaplan-Meier 5- and 10-year graft survival rates for this study were 80.67% and 59.43%, respectively. From univariate analysis, recipient gender, acute rejection and 6-month estimated GFR were significantly associated with graft survival (p < 0.05). Acute rejection became less significant (p = 0.0033) than 6-month estimated GFR (p = 0.0001) when 6-month estimated GFR was introduced in the stepwise regression procedures.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We demonstrated that 6-month estimated GFR is a significant prognostic indicator in cadaveric renal transplantation and is an essential parameter in the regression modeling of long-term graft survival.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Meng-Kun
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: Rey-Heng
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Chun-Jean
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Po-Huang
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002102:Cadaver; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate / Q000502:physiology*; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy / Q000379:methods; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D012189:Retrospective Studies