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Table 1 Clinical characteristics and incidence of acute rejection in 160 RT patients

From: Higher tacrolimus trough levels and time in the therapeutic range are associated with the risk of acute rejection in the first month after renal transplantation

Variable

Value

Recipient age (years), median (IQR)

36.3 (20–44)

Donor age (years), median (IQR)

29 (26-34.3)

Male sex, n (%)

113 (70.6)

Pre-transplant kidney disease, n (%)

 

Glomerular disease

148 (92.5)

Pyelonephritis

6 (3.8)

Nephrotic Syndrome

1 (0.6)

IgA nephropathy

1 (0.6)

Systemic lupus erythematosus

1 (0.6)

Previous dialysis, n (%)

143 (89.4)

Type of donor, n (%)

 

Living unrelated

142 (88.8)

Living related

17 (10.6)

Deceased

1 (0.6)

PRA > 0 (%), n (%)

33 (20.6)

HLA mismatches, n (%)

 

0

4 (2.5)

1–4

128 (80.5)

5–6

27 (17.0)

High immunologic risk, n (%)

37 (23.1)

Induction therapy, n (%)

 

No

1 (0.6)

IL-2 antibody

159 (99.4)

Acute rejection, n (%)

 

In first year

19 (11.9)

In first month

14 (8.8)

  1. PRA: panel-reactive antibodies; HLA: human leucocyte antigen; IL: interleukin