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Sleep Disorders And Kidney Transplant Outcomes: Findings From An 18-Year (1997-2015) Historical Cohort Study, Margaret M. Lubas
Sleep Disorders And Kidney Transplant Outcomes: Findings From An 18-Year (1997-2015) Historical Cohort Study, Margaret M. Lubas
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A historic cohort study of kidney transplant recipients with a failed graft was conducted to examine the associations between sleep disorders and kidney transplant outcomes. Adult kidney transplant recipients who were transplanted and failed or died with a functioning graft during the designated study time period (January 1, 1997 to September 1, 2015, inclusive) were included (n=299). The primary independent variables, any sleep disorder and any sleep-disordered breathing disorders, were defined through a diagnosis in a subject’s medical record. Transplant outcomes included: death with a functioning graft, graft survival time, and patient survival time after graft failure.
Chi-square statistics were …