Impact of COVID-19 on Kidney Transplant Outcomes: An 8-Year Study From the Czech Republic

30 December 2025 : Original article

Jan Roman^{ABDEF 1,2}, František Jalůvka^{BDEF 1,2*}, Petr Jelínek

^{DEF 1,2}, Petr Ostruszka^{BF 1}, Ján Hrubovčák^{DEF 1,2}, Pavel Havránek^{ABD 1,3}, Adéla Kondé

^{CE 4,5}, Zdeněk Lys^{BCE 3}, Martin Drápela^{ABEF 3}, Vaclav Prochazka

^{AEF 2,6}

DOI: 10.12659/AOT.950961

Ann Transplant 2025; 30:e950961

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Table 3 Parameters of the transplantation procedure and post-transplantation graft function.

	Median (IQR) or n (%)*		P**
	Before COVID-19 (n=99)	COVID-19 pandemic (n=46)	P**
	125 (114; 147)	105 (98; 128)	<0.001
	980 (866; 1093)	1000 (850; 1092)	0.768
	21 (19; 25)	19 (14; 26)	0.560
	12 (10; 15)	12 (10; 15)	0.917
	19 (19.2)	10 (21.7)	0.894
	5 (5.1)	0 (0.0)	0.179
			0.160
Delayed graft function	22 (22.2)	5 (10.9)
Immediate graft function	77 (77.8)	41 (89.1)
	1 (1.0)	1 (2.2)	>0.999
^* The median with the interquartile range (Q1–Q3) or the absolute frequency and relative frequency (%). ^** The value of the Mann-Whitney test, chi-square test of independence for contingency tables, or Fisher’s exact test.

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