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Table 3 Immunosuppressive treatment

From: Should patients older than 65 years be offered a second kidney transplant?

 

TX2 (N = 46)

TX1 (N = 687)

P-value

Induction (IL2R)

36 (78%)

492 (71.6%)

0.398

Prednisolone

46 (100%)

687 (100%)

1.000

Tacrolimus

12 (26%)

187 (27.2%)

1.000

CsA

34 (74%)

476 (69.3%)

0.620

No CNI

0

24 (3.5%)

0.392

MMF*

45 (98%)

646 (94.0%)

0.508

mTOR inhibitor

1 (2%)

14 (2.0%)

1.000

  1. *Thirty patients in TX1 (4.4%) and six patients in TX2 (13%) received mycophenolic acid. All other patients received mycophenolate mofetil (p=0.035)