Association between diabetic status and risk of all-cause and cause-specific mortality on dialysis following first kidney allograft loss.
Amali SamarasingheGermaine WongArmando Teixeira-PintoDavid W JohnsonCarmel HawleyHelen PilmoreWilliam R MulleyMatthew A RobertsKevan R PolkinghorneNeil BoudvilleChristopher E DaviesAndrea K ViecelliEsther OoiNicholas G LarkinsCharmaine LokWai H LimPublished in: Clinical kidney journal (2024)
Patients with diabetes at the time of kidney allograft loss have a significant survival disadvantage, with the excess mortality risk attributed to infection and dialysis withdrawal.