A Comparative Study on Graft and Overall Survival Rates Between Diabetic and Nondiabetic Kidney Transplant Patients Through Survival Analysis.
Paola García-PadillaValentina Dávila-RúalesDiana C HurtadoDiana C VargasOscar Mauricio Muñoz-VelandiaMayra Alejandra Jurado-FlorezPublished in: Canadian journal of kidney health and disease (2023)
Overall survival is lower in patients with diabetes, possibly due to older age and cardiovascular comorbidities. Therefore, patients with diabetes should be followed more closely to control cardiovascular risk factors. However, there is no difference in graft survival.