Characteristics of kidney transplantation recipients over time in South Korea
- Authors
- Park, S[Park, Sehoon]; Kim, M[Kim, Myoungsuk]; Kim, JE[Kim, Ji Eun]; Kim, K[Kim, Kwangsoo]; Park, M[Park, Minsu]; Kim, YC[Kim, Yong Chul]; Joo, KW[Joo, Kwon Wook]; Kim, YS[Kim, Yon Su]; Lee, H[Lee, Hajeong]
- Issue Date
- Nov-2020
- Publisher
- KOREAN ASSOC INTERNAL MEDICINE
- Keywords
- Kidney transplantation; Graft survival; Epidemiology
- Citation
- KOREAN JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, v.35, no.6, pp.1457 - +
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
KCI
- Journal Title
- KOREAN JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE
- Volume
- 35
- Number
- 6
- Start Page
- 1457
- End Page
- +
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/skku/handle/2021.sw.skku/2646
- DOI
- 10.3904/kjim.2019.292
- ISSN
- 1226-3303
- Abstract
- Background/Aims: Detailed nationwide information regarding the recent status and time trends of kidney transplantation (KT) in South Korea is limited. Methods: We performed a nationwide, population-based cohort study using the national claims database of Korea. We included KT recipients from 2008 to 2016, and their demographic and clinical characteristics were collected. The prognostic outcome was graft failure consisted of patient death and death-censored graft failure (DCGF). Results: We studied 14,601 KT recipients with median follow-up duration of 3.96 years. The median age at the time of transplantation consistently increased from the past, and proportion of underlying diabetes mellitus prominently increased, reaching 35.6% in 2016. The preemptive KT accounted for approximately 30% of the total transplantation cases. The recipients showed a 10-year cumulative graft survival rate of 71.8%, consisting of 10-year DCGF free survival of 77.6% and patient survival of 92.8%. Age >= 20 and < 30 years, age >= 70 years, underlying history of diabetes, non-preemptive transplantation, and poor compliance on tacrolimus and mycophenolic acid were the significant risk factors associated with worse DCGF outcome. The economic cost of KT showed prominently increasing trends, reaching a total insured fee of > 60,000,000$ in 2016. However, the expansion was mainly burdened by the national insurance service but not by the patients. Conclusions: In South Korea, the number of kidney transplantation in elderly or in patients with comorbidities has been increasing. Complex clinical factors were associated with medication compliance and patient prognosis.
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