Clinical Study

Recurrent Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis in Renal Allograft Recipients: Role of Human Leukocyte Antigen Mismatching and Other Clinical Variables

Table 2

Demographics of recurrent Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis in renal allograft recipients from 1990 to 2007 at Montefiore Medical Center.

Data of all transplant recipients

All transplants for primary FSGS ( )FSGS recurrence ( )No recurrence ( ) value

Age at transplantation (years)29.28 ± 1.2618.64 ± 2.8631.43 ± 1.31<.001
Male71 (54%)11 (50%)60 (55%).82
Malec49 (37%)7 (32%)42 (39%).59
African American52 (40%)11 (50%)41 (38%) .32
White66 (50%)8 (37%)58 (53%)
Other13 (10%)3 (14%)10 (9%)
African Americanc31 (24%)6 (27%)25 (23%) .65
Whitec51 (39%)7 (32%)44 (40%)
Otherc10 (8%)2 (9%)8 (7%)
Live Donor50 (38%)10 (45%)40 (27%) .63
Cadaveric Donor78 (60%)12 (55%)66 (61%)
Prednisone117 (89%)18 (82%)99 (91%) .75
Calcineurin Inhibitors103 (79%)16 (73%)87 (80%)
Purine inhibitors28 (21%)6 (27%)22 (20%)
Rapamycin30 (23%)4 (18%)26 (24%)

Data for subgroup of pediatric patients

All transplantsfor primary FSGS ( )FSGS recurrence ( )No recurrence ( ) value

Age at transplantation (years)15.08 ± 0.6213.79 ± 1.0215.9 ± 0.76.085
Male27 (55%)9 (47%)18 (60%).56
Malec15 (31%)6 (32%)9 (30%).71
African American23 (47%)10 (53%)13 (43%) .80
White17 (35%)6 (32%)11 (37%)
Other9 (18%)3 (16%)6 (20%)
African Americanc11 (22%)6 (32%)5 (17%) .63
Whitec10 (20%)5 (26%)5 (17%)
Otherc7 (14%)2 (11%)5 (17%)
Live Donor21 (43%)8 (42%)13 (43%) .99
Cadaveric Donor28 (57%)11 (58%)17 (57%)
Prednisone38 (78%)16 (84%)22 (73%) .061
Calcineurin Inhibitors35 (71%)13 (68%)22 (73%)
Purine inhibitors16 (33%)6 (32%)10 (33%)
Rapamycin8 (16%)3 (16%)5 (17%)

cnumber of subjects, corrected to exclude acute rejection.