Open AccessIs Delayed Graft Function Causally Associated With Long-Term Outcomes After Kidney Transplantation? Instrumental Variable Analysis
Author(s) -
Neel M. Butala,
Peter P. Reese,
Mona D. Doshi,
Chirag R. Parikh
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/tp.0b013e3182855544
Subject(s) - term (time) , medicine , kidney transplantation , transplantation , instrumental variable , variable (mathematics) , function (biology) , surgery , mathematics , statistics , biology , physics , mathematical analysis , quantum mechanics , evolutionary biology
Although some studies have found an association between delayed graft function (DGF) after kidney transplantation and worse long-term outcomes, a causal relationship remains controversial. We investigated this relationship using an instrumental variables model (IVM), a quasi-randomization technique for drawing causal inferences.