Evaluation of patient survival and graft in 1, 5 and 10 years after kidney transplantation in Khouzestan between 2008-2018

Kidney transplantation is a treatment of choice in most of the patients with end-stage of renal disease (ESRD). The patient and graft survival rates are important issues for these patients and results are different in various centers throughout the world. To determine the patient and graft survival rate after kidney transplantation during a period of 10 years among transplanted patients in Khouzestan Province, Iran. In this study, all recipients of kidney transplantation including 275 patients (age 8-70 years) between 2008 and 2018 who had records in Golestan Hospital, Ahvaz, Iran, were included. Kaplan-Meier method was used to determine the survival rate and Cox regression model to define the hazard ratio. The one-year patients and graft survival rates were 95.8% and 97.6% ,the five-year patient and graft survival rates were 90.4% and 96.3% and ten-year patients and graft survival rates were 88.2% and 92.5% respectively. The incidence of diabetes was significantly associated with the patient survival rate(P=0.0001) and pre-transplant dialysis was associated with graft survival (P=0.025). In this study, the survival rate was independent of the type of donor and recipient characteristic (OR=2.86; CI: 1.26-6.50; P=0.012). Results of this study demonstrated that 1, 5 and 10-year patients and graft survival rates were appropriate in the kidney transplant center of Khuzestan and shows remarkable improvement over the past years. Diabetes was a significant predictor of survival in recipients of kidney transplantation and this issue should be considered in order to increase the survival.