Perioperative Minimal Induction Therapy: A Further Step toward More Effective Immunosuppression in Transplantation

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of donors and recipients.

	Overall (𝑛=75)	Patients (𝑛=25)	Reference-patients (𝑛=50)
Donors
Males (%)	37 (49.3)	12 (48)	25 (50)
Age (yrs)	48.0±13.1	46.9±11.8	48.9±13.8
Weight (Kg)	72.0±14.6	73.3±16.9	71.3±13.5
Mismatches
A	0.9±0.6	0.8±0.8	0.9±0.5
B	1.3±0.7	1.0±0.6 *	1.4±0.7
DR	1.2±0.6	1.0±0.6	1.2±0.6
Recipients
Males (%)	48 (64)	16 (64)	32 (64)
Age (yrs)	49.3±10.9	51.5±11.4	48.2±10.6
Weight (Kg)	67.4±13.5	70.7±14.3 *	65.7±12.9
Cold ischemia time (h)	14.7±7.1	15.7±6.9	14.3±7.2
Causes of ESRD
Hypertension, renovascular disease	4 (5.3%)	3 (12%)	1 (2%)
Glomerulonephritis	20 (26.7%)	7 (28%)	13 (26%)
Polycystic kidney disease	12 (16%)	4 (16%)	8 (16%)
Other	18 (24%)	7 (28%)	11 (22%)
Unknown	21 (28%)	4 (16%)	17 (34%)

Data are numbers (percent) or mean ± SD. *𝑃<0.05 versus reference-patients.