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Table 2 Immunosuppressive medication usage among study participants

From: Ambulatory monitoring unmasks hypertension among kidney transplant patients: single center experience and review of the literature

Medication

Proportion

Daily dose, mg

Levels, ng/ml

Prednisone

93%

5 (5–5)

 

Mycophenolate

78%

1000 (625–1500)

 

Azathioprine

17%

50 (50–75)

 

Cyclosporine

18%

150 (100–150)

61 (48–89)

Tacrolimus

72%

3.0 (2.0–4.25)

7.0 (5.5–8.8)

Everolimus

5%

2.0 (1.875–3.0)

4.2 (3.4–5.2)

Sirolimus

1% (single pt.)

1.6

7.0

  1. Dosage and levels are expressed as median (1st-3rd quartiles)
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