Plasma Exchange for the Recurrence of Primary Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis in Adult Renal Transplant Recipients: A Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Characteristics of cases in included studies. Ctr: control group; NR: not reported; PLEX: plasma exchange group; Tx: transplantation.

Study	Cases		Mean age at Tx (years)		Female gender (%)		Living donor Tx (%)		1st graft (%)		Mean proteinuria at recurrence (g/day)		Median time to recurrence (days)
	PLEX	Ctr	PLEX	Ctr	PLEX	Ctr	PLEX	Ctr	PLEX	Ctr	PLEX	Ctr	PLEX	Ctr
Artero et al. (1994) [11]	9	16	30	30	44	31	NR	NR	NR	NR	12,0	11,6	NR	NR
Deegens et al. (2004) [12]	13	10	40	33	38	40	31	0	77	100	5,7	5,8	4	9
Otsubo et al. (2004) [13]	11	5	21	25	36	20	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	3	81
Pardon et al. (2006) [14]	9	3	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	10,4	8,3	NR	NR
Canaud et al. (2009) [15]	10	19	NR	NR	20	37	20	21	90	79	12,0	NR	2	NR
Moroni et al. (2010) [16]	6	6	NR	NR	0	33	17	33	33	83	5,2	5,8	6	5