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Revista Colombiana de Cirugía
Print version ISSN 2011-7582On-line version ISSN 2619-6107
Abstract
LOZANO-SUAREZ, Nicolás; GARCIA-LOPEZ, Andrea; GOMEZ-MONTERO, Andrea and GIRON-LUQUE, Fernando. Relationship between HLA compatibility and graft loss in renal transplant from a deceased donor: An analysis by propensity score matching in Colombia. rev. colomb. cir. [online]. 2024, vol.39, n.2, pp.268-279. Epub Jan 17, 2024. ISSN 2011-7582. https://doi.org/10.30944/20117582.2491.
Introduction.
In Colombia, only 24% of patients on the waiting list received a renal transplant, most of them from cadaveric donors. HLA A-B-DR is considered for organ allocation, but recent evidence suggests that HLA A-B is not associated with transplant outcomes. The objective of this study was to evaluate the relevance of HLA A-B-DR on graft survival in kidney transplant recipients.
Methods.
Retrospective cohort study that included kidney transplant recipients with a cadaveric donor in Colombiana de Trasplantes from 2008 to 2023. A propensity score matching (PSM) was applied to adjust the covariates in comparison groups for compatibility, and the relationship of HLA A-B-DR with kidney graft survival was evaluated using the log rank test and Cox regression.
Results.
A total of 1337 kidney transplant patients were identified; of those, 38.7% were female, with median age of 47 years, and BMI 23.8 kg/m2. After adjusting the covariates with PSM for the comparison groups, HLA A-B matching was not significantly related to graft loss, with HR of 0.99 (95% CI 0.71-1.37) and 0.75 (95% CI 0.55-1.02), respectively. Only HLA DR matching was significant for graft loss with an HR of 0.67 (95% CI 0.46-0.98).
Conclusions.
This study suggests that HLA A-B matching does not significantly influence graft loss, whereas HLA DR matching does improve graft survival in renal transplantation with a cadaveric donor.
Keywords : organ transplantation; kidney transplantation; graft rejection; HLA antigens; survival analysis; propensity score.