Clinical Study

Renal Function Improvement by Telbivudine in Liver Transplant Recipients with Chronic Kidney Disease

Figure 2

The trough levels of tacrolimus during the study. The trough blood levels of tacrolimus were 4.90 ± 1.85 in LAM-C group and 4.89 ± 2.22 ng/ml in LdT-R group when the patients were enrolled in the study (p = 0.588). During the study, trough levels of tacrolimus were slightly declined. At the end of this study, the trough blood levels of tacrolimus were 4.21 ± 1.67 ng/ml in LAM-C group and 3.87 ± 1.51 ng/ml in LdT-R group (p = 0.317).