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Retrospective Cohort Study
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World J Transplant. Jun 18, 2026; 16(2): 115329
Published online Jun 18, 2026. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v16.i2.115329
Table 1 General population characteristics and comparison between ABO-incompatible and ABO-compatible groups, n (%)

ABOi (n = 22)
ABOc (n = 186)
P value
Age at transplantation, years, mean ± SD (min-max)45.8 ± 9 (28.7-60.0)45.3 ± 13.5 (7.8-74.1)0.088
Recipient BMI, kg/m², median (IQR) [min-max]23.9 (20.0-24.8) [17.9-30.7]23.4 (22.4-25.7) [16.3-34.3]0.96
Time on KRT, months, median (IQR)[min-max]10.0 (0-28.0) [0-158.2]6.3 (2.0-34.0) [0-370.5]0.225
Gender, male17 (77.3)118 (63.4)0.335
DM1 (4.5)16 (8.6)1
Active smoking6 (27.3)43 (23.1)0.664
Hypertension19 (86.4)144 (77.4)0.422
Cardiac disease2 (9.1)17 (9.1)1
    Peripheral artery disease0 (0)3 (1.6)1
    Cerebrovascular disease0 (0)5 (2.7)1
Previous history of cancer0 (0)4 (2.2)1
Previous type of KRT0.174
Hemodialysis10 (45.5)86 (46.2)
Peritoneal dialysis8 (36.4)34 (18.3)
    Preemptive4 (18.2)61 (32.8)
    Transplant01 (0.5)
History of previous kidney transplant2 (9.1)23 (12.4)1
Induction therapy
Basiliximab22 (100)171 (91.9)0.377
Thymoglobulin0 (0)15 (8.1)
HCV positive0 (0)3 (2.2)1
Recipient CMV seropositive18 (85.7)155 (84.2)1
Donor CMV seropositive14 (87.5)129 (91.5)0.638
HLA-A mismatches
    05 (22.7)48 (25.9)0.947
    112 (54.5)96 (51.9)
    25 (22.7)41 (22.2)
HLA-B mismatches
    03 (13.6)27 (14.6)0.625
    19 (40.9)93 (50.3)
    210 (45.5)65 (35.1)
HLA-DR mismatches
    03 (13.6)37 (20.0)0.774
    112 (54.5)94 (50.8)
    27 (31.8)54 (29.2)


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