Silent cardiac burden: Echocardiographic abnormalities and their predictors in kidney transplant candidates and their impact on graft function

Table 1 General characteristics

Variables	n	Percentage (%)/mean ± SD
Age
18-50 years	149	58
> 50 years	110	42
Gender
Male	158	61
Female	101	39
BMI at time of transplant
< 25	123	47
25-30	76	29
> 30	60	23
Hypertension	252	97
Dyslipidemia	97	37
Smoking	121	47
Hyperuricemia	78	30
Impaired fasting glucose	131	51
Family history of coronary artery disease	20	8
Obesity	90	35
Renal replacement therapies
Preemptive transplant	14	5
Hemodialysis	208	81
Peritoneal dialysis	36	14
PH	66	25.5
DD	71	28
LVSD	31	12
Duration of dialysis in months	242	22.65 ± 21.90
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	258	4.41 ± 1.16
LDL-cholesterol (mmol/L)	258	2.69 ± 2.02
HDL-cholesterol (mmol/L)	258	1.29 ± 0.49
Triglyceride (mmol/L)	258	1.61 ± 1.14
eGFR at discharge (mL/minute)	258	89.83 ± 30.69
eGFR at 6 months (mL/minute)	252	89.58 ± 28.99
eGFR at 1 year (mL/minute)	216	91.00 ± 26.92
eGFR at 2 years (mL/minute)	122	90.26 ± 26.76

BMI: Body mass index; DD: Diastolic dysfunction; eGFR: Estimated glomerular filtration rate; HDL: High-density lipoprotein; LDL: Low-density lipoprotein; LVSD: Left ventricular systolic dysfunction; PH: Pulmonary hypertension.