title: Influence of donor and recipient gender as well as selected factors on the five-year survival of kidney graft.
abstract: The aim of the study was to determine the impact of the gender of renal allograft donor and recipient on the graft function over a 5-year follow-up period.
  
  
  METHODS
  The 154 kidney grafts from 77 donors transplanted into recipients of both genders. Two study groups were formed: one group consisted of male donors, while the other consisted of female donors. The recipients in each of the groups consisted of a pair, one male and one female.
  
  
  RESULTS
  71% of grafts survived the five-year period in the group of male and female recipients when the donor was male; in case of female donors, the rate was 62.5%. Depending on the gender of the donor and the recipient, the rates of grafts with five-year survival were as follows: 79.2% for male donors and female recipients (MF); 62.5% for male donors and male recipients (MM). The difference between both groups was not statistically significant. In the case of female donors and male recipients (FM), the five-year survival rate was 58.3%, while in female donors and female recipients, the five-year survival rate was 64.1%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Grafts from male donors show a trend towards better five-year survival compared to grafts from female donors. The highest five-year survival rate was observed when the donor was male and the recipient was female; the lowest rate was observed for female donors and male recipients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Transplantology and Surgery, Provincial Hospital in Poznań.
authors.forename: Maciej
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Głyda
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Czapiewski
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karczewski
authors.forename: Renata
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pięta
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oko
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011044:Poland; D012737:Sex Factors; D014019:Tissue Donors; D014180:Transplantation