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Table 2 Number of hospitalizations and standardized hospitalization ratios (SHRs) relative to the general population among 6,079 kidney transplant patients, between April 2001 and December 2008, by disease category a

From: Long-term follow-up of kidney transplant recipients: comparison of hospitalization rates to the general population

Disease grouping

ICD10 b

Kidney transplant patients

  

Observed

Expected

SHR

95% CI

All hospitalizations

 

14,147

1,876.1

7.5

7.4, 7.7

All hospitalizationsc

Excluding S01-T99, V01-Y98, and Z00-Z99

10,227

1,604.6

6.4

6.3, 6.5

Infectious diseases

A00-B99

853

27.4

31.2

29.1, 33.4

Neoplasms

C00-D48

498

171.2

2.9

2.7, 3.2

Blood disorders

D50-D89

201

16.5

12.2

10.6, 14.0

Endocrine disorders

E00-E99

1,114

50.6

22.0

20.7, 23.3

Mental disorders

F00-F99

80

84.7

0.9

0.7, 1.2

Nervous system and sense organs

G00-G99, H00-H95

483

43.2

11.2

10.2, 12.2

Circulatory

I00-I99

1,078

298.6

3.6

3.4, 3.8

Respiratory

J00-J99

661

123.4

5.4

4.9, 5.8

Digestive

K00-K93

1,480

227.0

6.5

6.2, 6.9

Skin and subcutaneous tissue

L00-L99

165

19.9

8.3

7.1, 9.7

Musculoskeletal

M00-M99

420

128.8

3.3

3.0, 3.6

Genitourinary

N00-N99

2,132

120.2

17.7

17.0, 18.5

Complications of pregnancy

O00-O99

38

158.2

0.2

0.2, 0.3

Congenital anomalies

Q00-Q99

53

2.8

18.9

14.2, 24.8

Symptoms ill defined

R00-R99

968

114.6

8.4

7.9, 9.0

  1. aFollow-up interval was from 60 days after the date of their renal transplant to the date of death or until 31 March 2009.
  2. bICD 10, International Classification of Diseases, 10th.
  3. cDisease category on complications of procedures/ transplanted organs rejection, follow-up examination and adjustment, and other supplementary classifications related to transplant procedure (ICD-10 codes: S01-T99, V01-Y98, and Z00-Z99) was excluded.