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SUBMITTER: Lentine KL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6334638 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lentine Krista L KL Naik Abhijit S AS Ouseph Rosemary R Zhang Zidong Z Axelrod David A DA Segev Dorry L DL Dharnidharka Vikas R VR Brennan Daniel C DC Randall Henry H Gadi Raj R Lam Ngan N NN Hess Gregory P GP Kasiske Bertram L BL Schnitzler Mark A MA
Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation 20170803 1
We examined a novel database wherein national US transplant registry identifiers were linked to records from a large pharmaceutical claims warehouse (2008-2015) to characterize antidepressant use before and after kidney transplantation, and associations [adjusted hazard ratio (aHR) 95% CI] with death and graft failure. Among 72 054 recipients, 12.6% filled antidepressant medications in the year before transplant, and use was more common among women and patients who were white, unemployed, and ha ...[more]