Open AccessHEPATITIS C ANTIBODY STATUS AND OUTCOMES IN RENAL TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS
Author(s) -
Herwig Ulf Meier-Kriesche,
Akinlolu Ojo,
Julie A. Hanson,
Bruce Kaplan
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/00007890-200107270-00013
Subject(s) - medicine , hepatitis c , hazard ratio , hepatitis , proportional hazards model , transplantation , liver disease , survival analysis , gastroenterology , immunology , confidence interval
Hepatitis occurs frequently in patients with end-stage renal disease. In 1997, 0.7% of patients receiving a renal transplant were positive for hepatitis C antibodies. Concern has been raised as to whether these patients are at an increased mortality risk after renal transplantation compared with patients who are hepatitis C antibody negative. To help answer this question, we analyzed data from the United States Renal Data System from October of 1988 through June of 1998.