Excess mortality after kidney transplantation: does sex matter?

Agathe Truchot; Marc Raynaud; Alexandre Loupy

doi:10.1016/j.kint.2023.03.011

Excess mortality after kidney transplantation: does sex matter?

Kidney Int. 2023 Jun;103(6):1023-1024. doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2023.03.011.

Authors

Agathe Truchot¹, Marc Raynaud¹, Alexandre Loupy²

Affiliations

¹ Paris Institute for Transplantation and Organ Regeneration, Université Paris Cité, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U-970, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France.
² Paris Institute for Transplantation and Organ Regeneration, Université Paris Cité, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U-970, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France. Electronic address: alexandre.loupy@inserm.fr.

PMID: 37210193
DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2023.03.011

Abstract

Understanding sex differences in graft outcomes within the course of kidney transplantation is needed to unravel factors leading to the observed disparities and further improve patient management. In this issue, Vinson et al. presented a relative survival analysis comparing the excess risk of mortality in female and male recipients after kidney transplantation. This commentary discusses the major findings but also the challenges of the use of registry data to conduct large-scale analyses.

Publication types

Comment

MeSH terms

Female
Graft Rejection
Graft Survival
Humans
Kidney Transplantation* / adverse effects
Male
Registries
Risk Factors
Survival Analysis