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Does the Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI) predict graft and patient survival in a Spanish population?

Calvillo Arbizu, Jorge; Pérez Valdivia, Miguel Ángel; Gentil Govantes, Miguel Ángel; Castro de la Nuez, Pablo; Mazuecos Blanca, Auxiliadora; Rodríguez Benot, Alberto; Gracia Guindo, María; Borrego Utiel, Francisco; Cabello Díaz, Mercedes; Bedoya Pérez, R

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Background and objective: The Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI), together with other donor and recipient variables, can optimise the organ allocation process. This study aims to check the feasibility of the KDPI for a Spanish population and its predictive ability of graft and patient survival. Materials and methods: Data from 2734 kidney transplants carried out in Andalusia between January 2006 and December 2015 were studied. Cases were grouped by recipient age, categorised by KDPI quartile and both graft and patient survival were compared among groups. Results: The KDPI accurately discriminated optimal organs from suboptimal or marginal ones. For adult recipients (aged: 18–59 years) it presents a hazard ratio of 1.013 (P < 0.001) for death-censored graft survival and of 1.013 (P = 0.007) for patient survival. For elderly recipients (aged: 60+ years), KDPI presented a hazard ratio of 1.016 (P = 0.001) for death-censored graft survival and of 1.011 (P = 0.0007) for patient survival. A multivariate analysis identified the KDPI, donor age, donation after circulatory death, recipient age and gender as predictive factors of graft survival. Conclusions: The results obtained show that the KDPI makes it possible to relate the donor’s characteristics with the greater or lesser survival of the graft and the patient in the Spanish population. However, due to certain limitations, a new index for Spain based on Spanish or European data should be created. In this study, some predictive factors of graft survival are identified that may serve as a first step in this path.

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n e o l o g i a. 2 0 1 8;3 8(6):587–595 Re is a de la Sociedad Española de Ne ología w w w. e is ane ologia.com O iginal a icle Does he Kidney Dono P ofile Index (KDPI) p edic g a and pa ien su i al in a Spanish popula ion?夽 Jo ge Cal illo-A bizua,b,∗, Miguel A. Pé ez-Valdi iac, Miguel A. Gen il-Go an esc, Pablo Cas o-de-la-Nuezd, Auxiliado a Mazuecos-Blancae, Albe o Rod íguez-Beno , Ma ía C. G acia-Guindog, F ancisco Bo ego-U ielh, Me cedes Cabello-Díazi, Ra ael Bedoya-Pé ezj, Manuel Alonso-Gild, Me cedes Salguei a-Lazoa,b,k, Lau a M. Roa-Rome oa,b aG upo de Ingenie ía Biomédica, Uni e sidad de Se illa, Se illa, Spain bCen o de In es igación Biomédica en Red en Bioingenie ía, Bioma e iales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN), Spain cHospi al Uni e si a io Vi gen del Rocío, Se illa, Spain dCoo dinación Au onómica de T asplan e de Andalucía, Se illa, Spain eHospi al Pue a del Ma , Cádiz, Spain Hospi al Reina So ía, Có doba, Spain gHospi al Vi gen de las Nie es, G anada, Spain hHospi al de Jaén, Jaén, Spain iHospi al Regional de Málaga, Málaga, Spain jHospi al In an il Vi gen del Rocío, Se illa, Spain kHospi al Uni e si a io Vi gen Maca ena, Se illa, Spain a i c l e i n o A icle his o y: Recei ed 7 No embe 2017 Accep ed 16 June 2018 A ailable online 27 No embe 2018 Keywo ds: Kidney ansplan a ion G a su i al Su i al analysis KDPI a b s a c Backg ound and objec i e: The Kidney Dono P ofile Index (KDPI), oge he wi h o he dono and ecipien a iables, can op imise he o gan alloca ion p ocess. This s udy aims o check he easibili y o he KDPI o a Spanish popula ion and i s p edic i e abili y o g a and pa ien su i al. Ma e ials and me hods: Da a om 2734 kidney ansplan s ca ied ou in Andalusia be ween Janua y 2006 and Decembe 2015 we e s udied. Cases we e g ouped by ecipien age, ca e- go ised by KDPI qua ile and bo h g a and pa ien su i al we e compa ed among g oups. Resul s: The KDPI accu a ely disc imina ed op imal o gans om subop imal o ma ginal ones. Fo adul ecipien s (aged: 18–59 yea s) i p esen s a haza d a io o 1.013 (P < 0.001) o dea h-censo ed g a su i al and o 1.013 (P = 0.007) o pa ien su i al. Fo elde ly ecipien s (aged: 60+ yea s), KDPI p esen ed a haza d a io o 1.016 (P = 0.001) o dea h- censo ed g a su i al and o 1.011 (P = 0.0007) o pa ien su i al. A mul i a ia e analysis iden ified he KDPI, dono age, dona ion a e ci cula o y dea h, ecipien age and gende as p edic i e ac o s o g a su i al. DOI o o iginal a icle: h ps://doi.o g/10.1016/j.ne o.2018.06.009. 夽Please ci e his a icle as: Cal illo-A bizu J, Pé ez-Valdi ia MA, Gen il-Go an es MA, Cas o-de-la-Nuez P, Mazuecos-Blanca A, Rod íguez-Beno A, e al. ¿P edice el Kidney Dono P ofile Index (KDPI) la supe i encia del inje o y del pacien e en una población espa ˜ nola?. Ne ologia. 2018;38:587–595. ∗Co esponding au ho . E-mail add ess: jo [email p o ec ed] (J. Cal illo-A bizu). 2013-2514/© 2018 Sociedad Espa ˜ nola de Ne olog´ ıa. Published by Else ie Espa ˜ na, S.L.U. This is an open access a icle unde he CC BY-NC-ND license (h p://c ea i ecommons.o g/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). 588 n e o l o g i a. 2 0 1 8;3 8(6):587–595 Conclusions: The esul s ob ained show ha he KDPI makes i possible o ela e he dono ’s cha ac e is ics wi h he g ea e o lesse su i al o he g a and he pa ien in he Spanish popula ion. Howe e , due o ce ain limi a ions, a new index o Spain based on Spanish o Eu opean da a should be c ea ed. In his s udy, some p edic i e ac o s o g a su i al a e iden ified ha may se e as a fi s s ep in his pa h. © 2018 Sociedad Espa ˜ nola de Ne olog´ ıa. Published by Else ie Espa ˜ na, S.L.U. This is an open access a icle unde he CC BY-NC-ND license (h p://c ea i ecommons.o g/licenses/ by-nc-nd/4.0/). ¿P edice el Kidney Dono P ofile Index (KDPI) la supe i encia del inje o y del pacien e en una población espa ˜ nola? Palab as cla e: T asplan e enal Supe i encia del inje o Análisis de supe i encia KDPI e s u m e n An eceden es y obje i o: El Kidney Dono P ofile Index (KDPI), jun o a o as a iables del donan e y ecep o , puede op imiza el p oceso de asignación de ó ganos. Es e es udio iene como obje- i o comp oba la aplicabilidad del KDPI en una población espa ˜ nola, así como su capacidad de p edicción de la supe i encia del inje o y del pacien e. Ma e iales y mé odos: Se es udia on 2.734 asplan es enales lle ados a cabo en Andalucía en e ene o de 2006 y diciemb e de 2015. Los casos se ag upa on po edad del ecep o y cua il del KDPI y se compa a on en e g upos an o la supe i encia del inje o como la del pacien e. Resul ados: El KDPI disc imina con p ecisión los ó ganos óp imos de los subóp imos o ma ginales. Pa a ecep o es en e 18 y 59 a˜ nos p esen a un haza d a io de 1,013 (p < 0,001) pa a supe i encia de inje o censu ada pa a mue e y de 1,013 (p = 0,007) pa a supe i en- cia del pacien e. Pa a ecep o es mayo es de 60 a˜ nos el haza d a io es de 1,016 (p = 0,001) pa a supe i encia del inje o censu ada pa a mue e y de 1,011 (p = 0,007) pa a supe i encia del pacien e. Un análisis mul i a ian e iden ificó como ac o es p edic i os de la supe i encia del inje o el KDPI, la edad del donan e, la donación as mue e ci cula o ia, la edad y el sexo del ecep o . Conclusiones: El KDPI pe mi e elaciona , a g andes asgos, las ca ac e ís icas del donan e con la mayo o meno supe i encia del inje o y del pacien e en la población espa ˜ nola. No obs an e, debido a cie as limi aciones, con end ía elabo a un índice p opio a pa i de los da os espa ˜ noles o eu opeos. En es e abajo se iden ifican algunos ac o es p edic i os de la supe i encia del inje o que pueden se i como p ime paso en esa línea. © 2018 Sociedad Espa ˜ nola de Ne olog´ ıa. Publicado po Else ie Espa ˜ na, S.L.U. Es e es un a ´ ıculo Open Access bajo la licencia CC BY-NC-ND (h p://c ea i ecommons.o g/licenses/ by-nc-nd/4.0/). In oduc ion End-s age enal disease (ESRD) is an inc easing wo ldwide heal h conce n, and kidney ansplan a ion is he bes ea - men o su i al and quali y o li e o people wi h ESRD.1,2 The ageing o dono s (cu en ly achie ing a mean o 59.2 yea s in Spain3) and he high disca ding a e o o gans by biopsy4 a e among he main obs acles o ansplan a ion. Pe o ming a igh assessmen o kidney quali y and easibili y is a cu - en challenge o educe disca ding a e o o gans po en ially alid. The e a e se e al me hods o assess he quali y o kidneys5 and, o o gan alloca ion, he Kidney Dono Risk Index (KDRI) has acqui ed special ele ance. The KDRI combines 14 dono and ansplan ac o s and p o ides an es ima ion o he ela- i e isk o g a ailu e a e kidney ansplan om a deceased dono compa ed o he e e ence dono .6Al hough i s disc imina o y powe is mode a e, he KDRI ep esen s a s ep o wa d in p e ansplan a ion kidney assessmen and allo- g a p edic ion. A new alloca ion policy based on he KDRI was imple- men ed by he end o 2014 in he Uni ed S a es. Since some ansplan ac o s a e gene ally unknown a he ime o e is made, his policy uses a new index, he Kidney Dono P ofile Index (KDPI)7based on he dono -only KDRI e sion includ- ing 10 dono ac o s. The KDPI is he nume ical anking o he o gan o be e alua ed compa ed o all kidneys eco e ed he p e ious yea . Du ing he alloca ion p ocess, he KDPI is an aid ool o decide whe he o accep an o e o a deceased dono kidney, o en disca ding o gans wi h KDPI > 85% (conside ed high isk dono s). Las 10 yea s in Spain, and conc e ely in Andalucía, he accep ance o a kidney om an expanded c i e ia dono (ECD)8 has p ima y based on he esul o p eimplan a ion biopsy.9 Bu biopsy con inues ha ing a con o e sial ole on he n e o l o g i a. 2 0 1 8;3 8(6):587–595 589 assessmen o enal g a easibili y. Meanwhile some s udies jus i y i s use specially o double ansplan ,10 o he s doub abou i s p edic ion capaci y o enal unc ioning.11–13 Using a isk index (such as he KDPI) could help he decision-making in Spain o ECD cases when decision depends on he esul s o he biopsy. Se e al s udies suppo his hypo hesis. Que a d e al.8showed ha he ela- i e di e ences be ween ECD and s anda d c i e ia dono s (SCD) we e lowe in Eu ope han in No h Ame ica, pa - icula ly o dea h-censo ed g a ailu e. Ano he s udy concluded ha high-KDPI ansplan a ion o e s a be e su i al e sus emaining on he wai lis o ecipien s olde han 50 yea s when wai ime is highe han 33 mon hs.14 This s udy aims: (1) o check he adequacy o he KDPI o disc imina e di e ences on g a and pa ien su i al o Spain ecipien s, and (2) o iden i y p edic o ac o s o g a su i al ha could con ibu e o c ea e a Spanish o Eu opean index. Ma e ials and me hods A e ospec i e analysis was pe o med on da a om a da abase held by he Regional T ansplan Coo dina ion o Andalusia (SICATA). Da a we e e ie ed o single kidney ansplan s pe o med be ween Janua y 2006 and Decembe 2015. G a ailu e was defined by e u n o ch onic main e- nance dialysis. The final ollow-up da e was 31 Decembe 2015. S a is ical analyses we e pe o med using SPSS 24.0 (IBM SPSS S a is ics o Windows, Ve sion 24.0. IBM Co p., A monk, NY, USA). Since in Spain i is no possible o calcula e KDPI as in US, ou app oach is o use he s udy popula ion i sel o map KDPI om dono ac o s (see Sec ion Discussion o a com- men abou his limi a ion). Cases we e anked, ca ego ised in qua ile, and compa ed o g a su i al (dea h-censo ed and uncenso ed) and pa ien su i al using Kaplan–Meie log- ank su i al analysis. The associa ions be ween he KDPI as a con inuous a iable and su i al o g a and pa ien we e de e mined using Cox Reg ession uni a ia e analysis. Cases esul ing on pa ien ’s dea h wi h unc ioning g a we e excluded since his is a compe i i e e en o g a ailu e and i may al e he esul s. Fu he mo e, he disc imina i e abili y o he KDPI was es ed wi h Ha ell’s C s a o Cox models. Cox mul i a ia e eg ession was used o iden i ying p edic o ac o s o g a su i al. Recipien isk ac o s significan ly associa ed wi h g a ailu e using uni a iable sc eening a he le el o P < 0.05 we e included in he final mul i a iable model. These we e age, gende , heigh , diabe es as p ima y enal disease, ime on enal eplacemen he - apy (RRT), HIV and HCV s a us. Dono a iables included HLA misma ch and elemen s con o ming KDPI. Since e hnici y o Spain popula ion is highly uni o m, dono and ecipien ace we e no included. Resul s Demog aphics Da a o 3406 kidney ansplan s we e e ie ed. A o al o 672 cases we e excluded due o missing da a, and 2734 kidney ansplan s we e included in he analysis. The demog aphics o he ecipien and dono coho a e displayed in Table 1. As he SICATA does no eco d e hnici y, we classified all ecipi- en s in ou popula ion as Caucasian. KDPI and g a su i al As men ioned, KDPI was calcula ed by using he own s udy popula ion, and cases we e g ouped by qua iles. Fig. 1 shows he e olu ion o he numbe o o gans in each qua ile o his popula ion du ing he inclusion pe iod. The numbe o o gans om he fi s qua ile (i.e., hose wi h he bes cha ac e is- ics) dec eases, meanwhile he numbe o o gans in he ou h qua ile ( he one wi h he wo s p ognosis) inc eases. This is a consequence o he g ea e use and accep ance o o gans wi h, a p io i, wo se cha ac e is ics ( o example, om old dono s). Table 2 shows he ecipien s classified acco ding o KDPI qua ile o he ecei ed o gan. In he compa ison o cha ac- e is ics be ween subpopula ions by applying S uden ’s T and Mann–Whi ney U es s, esul s show ha ecipien ’s age is a cha ac e is ic ha influences he qua ile o he ecei ed g a . Recipien s mos likely o ecei e an o gan om he qua ile wi h he wo s p ognosis (i.e., he ou h) a e hose o mo e ad anced age. On he o he hand, days on enal eplacemen he apy influences o ecei e an o gan om he hi d o he ou h qua ile. Finally, nei he he sex no he BMI o he ecipien influence he qua ile o which he assigned o gan belongs. By analysing kidney g a su i al by KDPI qua ile o ecipien s o 18–59 yea s, i is obse ed ha he KDPI accu- a ely disc imina e g a su i al o dono s wi h he lowes o highes isk qua iles achie ing di e en le els o su - i al a 3 yea s (93.4%, 91.4%, 87.2%, and 85.9%) and 5 yea s (91.4%, 88.1%, 85.8% and 85.9%) (Fig. 2a). Fig. 2 compa es dea h- censo ed and uncenso ed g a su i al esul ing in a sligh ly lowe su i al in he uncenso ed case ac oss qua iles, wha is cohe en wi h he age ange o his coho . G a su i al is ound significan di e en be ween he fi s qua ile (op imal dono s) and he hi d and ou h qua - iles (ma ginal dono s), bu he e is no di e ence be ween qua iles o medium and low quali y (Table 3). Then, i can be s a ed ha he KDPI, om a pa icula dono quali y le el, s ops being use ul o disc imina e g a su i als. Fo his ecipien g oup, a uni a ia e Cox eg ession analysis showed ha KDPI, when analysed as a con inuous a i- able, was associa ed wi h dea h-censo ed g a su i al in his g oup wi h a haza d a io o 1.013 (P < 0.001; 95% CI: 1.006–1.019). 590 n e o l o g i a. 2 0 1 8;3 8(6):587–595 Table 1 – Recipien and dono cha ac e is ics. Coho cha ac e is ics All cases (N = 2734) Age 18–59 yea s (N = 1821) Age 60+ yea s (N = 913) Recipien Age (yea s) 52.08 (12.99) 45.00 (9.70) 66.19 (4.35) Gende (% male) 1725 (63.09%) 1172 (64.32%) 553 (60.57%) BMI (kg/m2) 27.79 (11.66) 26.51 (10.04) 30.51 (14.11) Time on RRT (days) 1535.9 (2670.1) 1664.60 (2956.38) 1279.31 (1954.10) Dono Age (yea s) 51.48 (16.0) 43.11 (12.85) 67.79 (5.50) Gende (%male) 1671 (61.1%) 1191 (65.91%) 480 (51.78%) BMI (kg/m2) 27.18 (4.40) 26.77 (4.39) 27.98 (4.31) Cause o dea h: ce eb o ascula acciden 1742 (63.72%) 1014 (56.12%) 728 (78.53%) DCD 149 (5.45%) 111 (6.14%) 38 (4.10%) C ea inine le el (mg/dL) 0.87 (0.41) 0.91 (0.45) 0.79 (0.29) Medical his o y Hype ension 905 (33.1%) 420 (23.24%) 485 (52.32%) Diabe es 298 (10.9%) 122 (6.75%) 176 (18.99%) Hepa i is C 17 (0.62%%) 10 (0.55%) 7 (0.76%) T ansplan No 1 2552 (93.34%) 1674 (91.92%) 878 (96.17%) 2 166 (6.07%) 132 (7.25%) 34 (3.72%) 3 16 (0.59%) 15 (0.82%) 1 (0.11%) HLA DR misma ch 0 1415 (51.76%) 928 (50.96%) 487 (53.34%) 1 1009 (36.91%) 690 (37.89%) 319 (34.94%) 2 310 (11.34%) 203 (11.15%) 107 (11.72%) Da a a e p esen ed as mean (SD) o n (%). BMI, body mass index; DCD, dono a e ci cula o y dea h (all ca ego ies included); HLA, human leucocy e an igen; RRT, enal eplacemen he apy. On he senio popula ion (60+ yea s), kidney g a achie es 3-yea su i al o 97.3%, 93.6%, 89.6%, and 84.5%; and 5- yea su i al o 95.1%, 89.4%, 86.6%, and 79.6%, espec i ely (Fig. 3a). These su i al le els a e simila (o e en highe ) o hose epo ed abo e o he coho o 18–59 yea s since hey e e o dea h-censo ed g a su i al. The uncenso ed g a su i al analysis (Fig. 3b) shows how he ecipien ’s age leads o a significan educ ion o su i al o all he qua iles. The KDPI does no disc imina e be ween consecu i e qua - iles in he g oup o ecipien s olde han 60 yea s (Table 4). As occu ed on he adul popula ion, he highe he KDPI, he wo se g a su i al. Mo eo e , he KDPI disc imina es among op imal and ma ginal quali y dono s bu no among medium and low-quali y dono s. Finally, he uni a ia e Cox eg ession analysis showed ha he KDPI was significan ly associa ed wi h dea h-censo ed g a ou come wi h a haza d a io o 1.016 (P = 0.001; 95% CI: 1.006–1.025). Finally, we analysed he disc imina o y abili y o he KDPI in Spain by means o Ha ell’s C. Fo a bina y ou come (g a su i al s. dea h-censo ed g a loss), a C index o 0.5 ep esen s a p edic ion no mo e accu a e han chance. Ac oss all qua iles and o he whole popula ion (age: 18+ yea s), he Ha ell’s C o he KDPI o g a and pa ien su i al was 0.56 and 0.63, espec i ely. This is a p edic- i e powe limi ed and equi alen o he esul s in he USA (i.e., C-s a is ic = 0.62).2 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Año Núme o de donan es Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 To al Fig. 1 – E olu ion o o al numbe o kidneys and pe qua ile du ing he inclusion pe iod o he s udied coho . KDPI and pa ien su i al Fig. 4 shows pa ien su i al o ecipien s o 18–59 yea s (a) and 60+ yea s (b). Fo he fi s subpopula ion, KDPI shows mino disc imina ion among qua iles, al hough he haza d a io o pa ien su i al associa ed o KDPI o his g oup is 1.013 (P = 0.007; 95% CI: 1.004–1.023). Fo ecipien s olde han 60 yea s, KDPI shows majo di e ences among qua - iles (Fig. 4b), and he haza d a io o pa ien su i al is 1.011 (P = 0.007; 95% CI: 1.003–1.018). The e o e, KDPI is a po en ial indica o o pa ien su i al al hough wi h a lowe disc imi- na ion be ween qua iles. n e o l o g i a. 2 0 1 8;3 8(6):587–595 591 Table 2 – Recipien cha ac e is ics classified by KDPI qua iles o ecei ed o gans. Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Age (yea s) 40.48 (11.16) 43.94 (10.95) 50.64 (11.24) 60.79 (9.02) Gende (% male) 228 (62.98%) 350 (64.46%) 451 (62.55%) 696 (62.82%) BMI (kg/m2) 24.71 (4.65) 26.03 (8.73) 26.97 (9.78) 30.38 (14.81) Time on RRT (days) 1593 (2954) 1434 (1877) 1866 (3722) 1351 (1971) Da a a e p esen ed as mean (SD) o n (%). BMI, body mass index; RRT, enal eplacemen he apy. Censu ada pa a mue e Tiempo pos - ansplan e (años) 1e cua il 1e cua il 2º cua il 2º cua il 4º cua il 4º cua il 3e cua il 3e cua il Tiempo pos - ansplan e (años) Supe i encia de inje o (%) Supe i encia de inje o (%) No censu ada 100 90 80 70 60 50 100 90 80 70 60 50 0 2 4 6 8 10 0 2 4 6 8 10 Indi iduos en iesgo Cua il 1 Cua il 2 Cua il 3 Cua il 4 885 Inicio Año 2 Año 4 Año 6 Año 8 Año 10 639 258 39 674 457 172 22 543 315 104 11 377 202 64 9 189 90 28 5 0 2 5 14 ab Fig. 2 – Kaplan–Meie g a su i al acco ding o KDPI qua ile o ecipien s’ age 18–59 yea s: (a) dea h-censo ed, (b) uncenso ed. Mul i a ia e analysis A se o candida e p edic o s (i.e., a p io i p edic g a su i al) we e selec ed based on he li e a u e.15–17 A uni a ia e Cox eg ession analysis was pe o med o each p edic o o assess i s ele ance on g a su i al. The ollowing p edic o s ela ed o ecipien and ansplan ac o s we e significan : age, gen- de , heigh , HIV s a us, HCV s a us, p ima y enal disease, HLA misma ch, and ime on enal eplacemen he apy. Dono ac- o s we e included in wo sepa a e ways: as pa o he KDPI and as indi idual ac o s. Two Cox p opo ional haza ds g a su i al analysis we e pe o med (Table 5). In he fi s analysis (i.e., dono ac o s included as KDPI, Table 5a), he KDPI was he mos significan ac o p edic ing g a su i al. Recipien age and gende a e also signifi- can ly ela ed o he ansplan ou come. The haza d a io o ecipien age is lowe han 1 (0.983) wha is cohe en wi h he ype o analysis pe o med, dea h-censo ed. Censo ing dea hs con e s ecipien age in a p o ec ing ac o o g a loss, ha is consis en wi h se e al s udies.18 When KDPI dono ac o s a e analysed sepa a ely (Table 5b), dono age and dona ion a e ci cula o y dea h s a us a e he p edic ing ac o s o g a su i al (in addi ion o ecipien age and gende ). The e was no e idence o p edic ion by he o he ac o s wi h he s udy coho . Discussion The KDPI may mean a significan imp o emen o decision- making, bu i s disc imina o y powe on g a su i al is limi ed (Ha ell’s C, 0.56) and he easibili y o high-KDPI g a s (some imes disca ded) on ecipien s olde han 60 yea s is unce ain. Resul s ob ained a e in acco dance wi h hose o a ecen s udy alida ing dono -only KDRI (i.e., KDPI) on a Du ch popula ion and ob aining a disc imina o y abili y (Ha ell’s C) o 0.62.19 Ou wo k s a es ha KDPI disc imina es g a and pa ien su i al o ecipien s o 18–59 yea s, wi h di e ences be ween ecipien s o op imal dono s (KDPI < 25%) and he es . Fo ecipien s olde han 60 yea s, he KDPI p edic ion powe is equally limi ed, bu e en hen, i igh ly disc imina es be ween he fi s , he hi d and he ou h qua iles (i.e., be ween op imal and ma ginal dono s). The KDPI is also use ul 592 n e o l o g i a. 2 0 1 8;3 8(6):587–595 Table 3 – Compa isons o g a su i al o qua ile pai s. Recipien coho : 18–59 yea s. Qua ile Q2 Q3 Q4 Chi-squa e P Chi-squa e P Chi-squa e P Q1 3.004 0.083 8.296 0.004 5.559 0.018 Q2 – – 2.235 0.135 2.773 0.096 Q3 – – – – 0.604 0.437 S a is ically significan P- alues a e shown in bold. Censu ada pa a mue e Tiempo pos - ansplan e (años) Tiempo pos - ansplan e (a ños) Supe i encia de inje o (%) Supe i encia de inje o (%) No censu ada 100 90 80 70 60 50 100 90 80 70 60 50 0 2 4 6 810 0 2 4 6 810 Indi iduos en iesgo Inicio Año 2 Año 4 Año 6 Año 8 Año 10 Cua il 1 76 225 364 248 143 230 168 57 41 115 149 70 27 70 82 26 7 29 31 16 0 1 5 0 Cua il 2 Cua il 3 Cua il 4 ab Fig. 3 – Kaplan–Meie g a su i al acco ding o KDPI qua ile o ecipien s’ age 60+ yea s: (a) dea h-censo ed, (b) uncenso ed. o disc imina ing pa ien su i al among qua iles. I is no e- wo hy in bo h subpopula ions he poo disc imina ion abo e he median ( hi d and ou h qua iles); his migh sugges a lack o accu acy o he index om a ce ain le el o quali y, o ha o he s cha ac e is ics no collec ed by he index (e.g., biopsy) a e in ol ed. Rega ding ecipien s olde han 60 yea s, he e is an asso- cia ion be ween g a su i al and KDPI. Se e al s udies ha e analysed di e en e ec s caused by expanded o high-KDPI dono s acco ding he ecipien ’s age, s a ing ha he influence on su i al is lowe in olde ecipien s. Ma e al. s udied i he use o SCD o ECD kidneys influences di e en ly on pa ien su i al i he ecipien ’s age is highe o lowe han 60 yea s.20 They analysed 3822 cases be ween 1997 and 2009 s a ing ha in younge ecipien s he e was an excess isk o all-cause mo ali y (adjus ed HR = 1.55; 95% CI: 1.23–1.97) and dea h wi h unc ioning g a (adjus ed HR = 1.72; 95% CI: 1.28–2.29) a e ansplan a ion wi h ECD kidneys compa ed wi h SCD kid- neys. This conclusion could no be applied o olde ecipien s (adjus ed HR = 1.11; 95% CI: 0.80–1.54, and adjus ed HR = 1.30; 95% CI: 0.89–1.89, espec i ely). The au ho s se ha an excess isk o all-cause mo ali y on younge ecipien s o an ECD kidney is caused by he inc ease o ca dio ascula mo ali y associa ed o wo se enal unc ion o he g a (and educed GFR) ob ained wi h his kind o dono . Ch onic inflamma- ion and he s a e o immunosupp ession associa ed wi h u aemia lead o accele a ed a he oscle osis ha would jus- i y hese poo esul s.21 Ou wo k ag ees since he su i al o younge ecipien s is clea ly a ec ed by he KDPI (Fig. 4a). I also s eng hs he impo ance o main aining he p inciple o alloca ion ‘old o old’. He nandez e al. s udied he odds o dea h and g a loss ega ding o gan quali y measu ed by KDPI, di ided in fi e ca ego ies, among coho s o ecipien s wi h di e en age anges.22 The su i al o ecipien s om 50 o 69 yea s ecei ing a low-quali y g a is significan ly educed. Howe e , ecipien s om 70 o 79 yea s ecei ing a e y low-quali y g a had a lowe dea h isk han ecipien s om 50 o 69 yea s. Recipien s olde han 79 yea s had he lowes isk. These esul s a e consis en wi h ou s udy since he KDPI haza d a io o pa ien su i al is lowe in he popula ion o e 60 yea s (HR = 1.011) han among hose aged 18–59 yea s (HR = 1.013). A majo objec i e o he US alloca ion sys em is o alloca e low-KDPI g a s (be e quali y) o pa ien s wi h high es ima ed su i al (based on he Es ima ed Pos n e o l o g i a. 2 0 1 8;3 8(6):587–595 593 Table 4 – Compa isons o g a su i al o qua ile pai s. Recipien coho : 60+ yea s. Qua ile Q2 Q3 Q4 Chi-squa e P Chi-squa e P Chi-squa e P Q1 2.057 0.151 4.319 0.038 8.081 0.004 Q2 – – 1.731 0.188 5.674 0.017 Q3 – – – – 1.570 0.210 S a is ically significan P- alues a e shown in bold. Table 5 – Significan ac o s in a isk-adjus ed Cox p opo ional haza ds g a su i al analysis. Adul deceased dono and adul ecipien pe o med in Spain, Janua y 1, 2006, o Decembe 31, 2015. Va iable Ca ego y Wi h KDPI (a) Wi h dono cha ac e is ics (b) HR (95% CI) P HR (95% CI) P KDPI Con inuous 2.217 (1.699–2.892) <0.001 – – Recipien age (yea ) Con inuous 0.983 (0.971–0.994) 0.003 0.982 (0.970–0.994) 0.003 Recipien gende Female 1.00 – 1.00 – Male 1.277 (0.976–1.669) 0.075 1.339 (1.062–1.689) 0.013 Dono age (yea ) Con inuous – – 1.025 (1.013–1.037) <0.001 Dona ion a e ci cula o y dea h s a us Yes – – 1.776 (1.03–3.062) 0.039 No – – 1.00 – (a) Haza d a ios a e adjus ed o ac o s in he able, and ecipien heigh , HIV and HCV s a us, p ima y enal disease, HLA misma ch, ime on RRT. (b) Haza d a ios a e adjus ed o ac o s e e ed in (a) and dono ac o s: gende , hype ension, c ea inine le el, heigh , weigh , his o y o diabe es and hepa i is, and cause o dea h. HR, haza d a io; CI, confidence in e al; HLA, human leucocy e an igen. Supe i encia de pacien e (%) 100 90 80 70 60 02468 10 024 6 810 Supe i encia de pacien e (%) 100 90 80 70 60 Tiempo pos - ansplan e (años) Tiempo pos - ansplan e (años) Recep o es: 18-59 años Recep o es: 60+ a ños Inicio Inicio Año Año Año Año Año Año Año Año Año Año 2424 6810 6810 1 1 5 29 31 1627 71 82150 116 41 168 230364 248 143 70 26 7 0 225 7614 5 2 05 28 90 191377 202 65 911 104 319 545675 458 172 2239 258 639 885Cua il 1 Cua il 2 Cua il 3 Cua il 4 57 ab Fig. 4 – Kaplan–Meie pa ien su i al acco ding o KDPI qua ile: (a) ecipien s’ age: 18–59 yea s, (b) ecipien s’ age: 60+ yea s. T ansplan Su i al, EPTS7). Thus, young ecipien s bene- fi om he bes -quali y dono s. When a high-KDPI g a is alloca ed o a senio ecipien , he dele e ious e ec on pa ien su i al is mani es . Howe e , ou esul s s a e ha ecipien s olde han 60 yea s can also benefi o ex ended su i al (as Fig. 4b shows). Al hough alloca ion sys ems in Spain and US a e di e en , mo i a ion is alike. The aim is o ob ain a longe i y ma ching, so cases o alloca ion o op imal dono s o olde ecipien s a e uncom- mon. 594 n e o l o g i a. 2 0 1 8;3 8(6):587–595 Finally, he e is a couple o po en ial limi a ions o his wo k. Fi s ly, KDPI is calcula ed by using he s udy popula- ion i sel . I would be mo e app op ia e o use a e e ence Eu opean dono popula ion (as i is done in US) bu he e is no such egis y a ailable. The au ho s hink ha i is be e o use he s udy coho i sel o calcula e he KDPI han using he comple ely di e en popula ion published by he US O gan P ocu emen and T ansplan a ion Ne wo k.23 Secondly, o he e ospec i e egis y analysis pe o med, some cases had o be excluded due o missing da a. Miss- ing da a is due o andom ailu e in manual egis y on da a in oduc ion, so he e is no e idence o sugges his has a nega i e e ec on in e p e a ion. The e o e, he anal- ysis pe o med a e so-called comple e-case analysis, and no da a impu a ion echnique has been used o eplace missing da a. In summa y, his is one o he fi s s udies o alida e he use o KDPI in a Spanish coho . Howe e , due o ce ain limi- a ions on he KDPI ansla ion o Spain, c ea ing a new index om Spanish o Eu opean da a would be ad isable.24 In his wo k, some p edic i e ac o s o g a su i al a e iden ified ha can se e as a fi s s ep in his pa h. Al hough i is co ela ed significan y wi h he g a and pa ien s’ su i al, mo e s udies should be pe o med aim- ing o inc ease he p edic i e powe o kidney dono sco es o complemen hem wi h o he da a sou ces ha mean a eal clinical aid o p o essionals in p e ansplan a ion. Inc easingly, ecipien s demand wide in o ma ion abou he g a quali y o ecei e, and he KDPI is a igh s ep in ha di ec ion. Howe e , new echnology ends may b ing ools ha in eg a e in o ma ion om di e en da a sou ces (clinical, biological, his ological, . . .) abou dono s and ecip- ien s o pe o m su i al es ima ions wi h highe p edic i e powe . 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