Analysis of socio-demographic and epidemiological factors and its relation of the survival of patients who underwent kidney transplation in an academic philanthropic hospital from Sorocaba - sp

Abstract

ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the epidemiological and socio-demographic characteristics of patients who underwent kidney transplantation in an academic and philanthropic hospital and its relation to survival rates. Methods and casuistic: epidemiological and socio-demographic data from 169 kydney transplanted patients from December 1992 to May 2008 were retrospectively analyzed. Results: in this study, 56.2% were male, with a median age of 39 years. The main etiological condition was systemic hypertension (50.3%) and the most common type of organ harvesting was from dead donors (62.7). Most patients were from DRS XVI region (55%) and had between 1 and 8 years of education (56.2%). Those patients aged between 16 - 23 years old and who received a living kidney donation demonstrated a better survival (p < 0.01). Finally, the general survival rate (65.1%) was significant, regardless of other variables (p < 0.01). Conclusions: the analyzed data show statistical significance concerning profession, age and type of donor. Thus, younger patients and those who received the kidney from a living donor presented a higher chance of survival throughout the years.