TY - JOUR
T1 - Infection-related mortality in recipients of a kidney transplant in Australia and New Zealand
AU - Chan, Samuel
AU - Pascoe, Elaine M.
AU - Clayton, Philip A.
AU - McDonald, Stephen P.
AU - Lim, Wai H.
AU - Sypek, Matthew P.
AU - Palmer, Suetonia C.
AU - Isbel, Nicole M.
AU - Francis, Ross S.
AU - Campbell, Scott B.
AU - Hawley, Carmel M.
AU - Johnson, David W.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 by the American Society of Nephrology.
PY - 2019/10/7
Y1 - 2019/10/7
N2 - Background and objectives The burden of infectious disease is high among kidney transplant recipients because of concomitant immunosuppression. In this study the incidence of infectious-related mortality and associated factors were evaluated. Design, setting, participants, & measurements In this registry-based retrospective, longitudinal cohort study, recipients of a first kidney transplant in Australia and New Zealand between 1997 and 2015 were included. Cumulative incidence of infectious-related mortality was estimated using competing risk regression (using noninfectious mortality as a competing risk event), and compared with age-matched, populated-based data using standardized incidence ratios. Results Among 12,519 patients, (median age 46 years, 63% men, 15% diabetic, 6% Indigenous ethnicity), 2197 (18%) died, of whom 416 (19%) died from infection. The incidence of infection-related mortality during the study period (1997–2015) was 45.8 (95% confidence interval [95% CI], 41.6 to 50.4) per 10,000 patient-years. The incidence of infection-related mortality reduced from 53.1 (95% CI, 45.0 to 62.5) per 10,000 person-years in 1997–2000 to 43.9 (95% CI, 32.5 to 59.1) per 10,000 person-years in 2011–2015 (P,0.001) Compared with the age-matched general population, kidney transplant recipients had a markedly higher risk of infectious-related death (standardized incidence ratio, 7.8; 95% CI, 7.1 to 8.6). Infectious mortality was associated with older age ($60 years adjusted subdistribution hazard ratio [SHR], 4.16; 95% CI, 2.15 to 8.05; reference 20–30 years), female sex (SHR, 1.62; 95% CI, 1.19 to 2.29), Indigenous ethnicity (SHR, 2.87; 95% CI, 1.84 to 4.46; reference white), earlier transplant era (2011–2015: SHR, 0.39; 95% CI, 0.20 to 0.76; reference 1997–2000), and use of T cell–depleting therapy (SHR, 2.43; 95% CI, 1.36 to 4.33). Live donor transplantation was associated with lower risk of infection-related mortality (SHR, 0.53; 95% CI, 0.37 to 0.76). Conclusions Infection-related mortality in kidney transplant recipients is significantly higher than the general population, but has reduced over time. Risk factors include older age, female sex, Indigenous ethnicity, Tcell–depleting therapy, and deceased donor transplantation.
AB - Background and objectives The burden of infectious disease is high among kidney transplant recipients because of concomitant immunosuppression. In this study the incidence of infectious-related mortality and associated factors were evaluated. Design, setting, participants, & measurements In this registry-based retrospective, longitudinal cohort study, recipients of a first kidney transplant in Australia and New Zealand between 1997 and 2015 were included. Cumulative incidence of infectious-related mortality was estimated using competing risk regression (using noninfectious mortality as a competing risk event), and compared with age-matched, populated-based data using standardized incidence ratios. Results Among 12,519 patients, (median age 46 years, 63% men, 15% diabetic, 6% Indigenous ethnicity), 2197 (18%) died, of whom 416 (19%) died from infection. The incidence of infection-related mortality during the study period (1997–2015) was 45.8 (95% confidence interval [95% CI], 41.6 to 50.4) per 10,000 patient-years. The incidence of infection-related mortality reduced from 53.1 (95% CI, 45.0 to 62.5) per 10,000 person-years in 1997–2000 to 43.9 (95% CI, 32.5 to 59.1) per 10,000 person-years in 2011–2015 (P,0.001) Compared with the age-matched general population, kidney transplant recipients had a markedly higher risk of infectious-related death (standardized incidence ratio, 7.8; 95% CI, 7.1 to 8.6). Infectious mortality was associated with older age ($60 years adjusted subdistribution hazard ratio [SHR], 4.16; 95% CI, 2.15 to 8.05; reference 20–30 years), female sex (SHR, 1.62; 95% CI, 1.19 to 2.29), Indigenous ethnicity (SHR, 2.87; 95% CI, 1.84 to 4.46; reference white), earlier transplant era (2011–2015: SHR, 0.39; 95% CI, 0.20 to 0.76; reference 1997–2000), and use of T cell–depleting therapy (SHR, 2.43; 95% CI, 1.36 to 4.33). Live donor transplantation was associated with lower risk of infection-related mortality (SHR, 0.53; 95% CI, 0.37 to 0.76). Conclusions Infection-related mortality in kidney transplant recipients is significantly higher than the general population, but has reduced over time. Risk factors include older age, female sex, Indigenous ethnicity, Tcell–depleting therapy, and deceased donor transplantation.
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U2 - 10.2215/CJN.03200319
DO - 10.2215/CJN.03200319
M3 - Article
C2 - 31455690
AN - SCOPUS:85072992854
SN - 1555-9041
VL - 14
SP - 1484
EP - 1492
JO - Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
JF - Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
IS - 10
ER -