From: Post renal transplant anemia: severity, causes and their association with graft and patient survival
Causes | Patients n (% of anemic patients) | Events n (% of anemia events) |
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Nutritional deficiencies | ||
 Iron deficiency | 143 (34.7) | 157 (31.4) |
 Vitamin B12 | 98 (23.8) | 105 (21) |
 Folic acid | 41 (9.9) | 43 (8.6) |
 Acute rejection | 17 (4.1) | 22 (4.4) |
 Acute kidney injury | 47 (11.4) | 48 (9.6) |
Infection | ||
 Urinary tract infection | 32 (7.8) | 33 (6.6) |
 Pulmonarya | 11 (2.7) | 11 (2.2) |
 Skinb | 11 (2.7) | 11 (2.2) |
 Miscellaneousc | 11 (2.7) | 11 (2.2) |
 BK Virus | 26 (6.3) | 31 (6.2) |
 CMV viremia | 16 (3.9) | 16 (3.2) |
 Herpes zoster | 4 (1) | 4 (0.8) |
 B19 Parvovirus | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.2) |
Hematological | 12 (2.9) | 15 (3) |
 Thalassemia trait | 5 (1.2) | 6 (1.2) |
 PTLD | 2 (0.5) | 3 (0.6) |
 Miscellaneousd | 5 (1.2) | 6 (1.2) |
Bleeding | 39 (9.5) | 39 (7.8) |
 Peri-procedural | 20 (4.8) | 20 (4) |
 Monthly menstruation | 11 (2.7) | 11 (2.2) |
 Miscellaneouse | 8 (1.9) | 8 (1.6) |