%0 Journal Article
%A Villanego, Florentino
%A Mazuecos, Auxiliadora
%A Pérez-Flores, Isabel M
%A Moreso, Francesc
%A Andrés, Amado
%A Jiménez-Martín, Carlos
%A Molina, María
%A Canal, Cristina
%A Sánchez-Cámara, Luis A
%A Zárraga, Sofía
%A Ruiz-Fuentes, María Del Carmen
%A Aladrén, María José
%A Melilli, Edoardo
%A López, Verónica
%A Sánchez-Álvarez, Emilio
%A Crespo, Marta
%A Pascual, Julio
%A Spanish Society of Nephrology COVID-19 Group
%T Predictors of severe COVID-19 in kidney transplant recipients in the different epidemic waves: Analysis of the Spanish Registry.
%D 2021
%U http://hdl.handle.net/10668/17389
%X SARS-CoV-2 infection has produced high mortality in kidney transplant (KT) recipients, especially in the elderly. Until December 2020, 1011 KT with COVID-19 have been prospectively included in the Spanish Registry and followed until recovery or death. In multivariable analysis, age, pneumonia, and KT performed ≤6 months before COVID-19 were predictors of death, whereas gastrointestinal symptoms were protective. Survival analysis showed significant increasing mortality risk in four subgroups according to recipient age and time after KT (age 6 months, age 6 and age ≥65 and time ≤6): mortality rates were, respectively, 11.3%, 24.5%, 35.4%, and 54.5% (p 
%K clinical research/practice
%K infection and infectious agents - viral
%K kidney transplantation/nephrology
%K patient survival
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