Impact of Acute Rejection on Kidney Allograft Outcomes in Recipients on Rapid Steroid Withdrawal

Table 1

Baseline patient and transplant characteristics.

	No rejection; (𝑛=375)	SR; (𝑛=46)	CR; (𝑛=36)	𝑃 value
% of total	82%	10%	7.8%
Mean Age (years)	53.0±13.6	51.3±14.1	52.7±13.6	.74
Gender female	40%	33%	36%	.68
Mean weight (Kg)	82.2±18.5	84.1±23.6	89.6±19.7	.08
% with PRA > 0	8%	3%	18%	.07
Preemptive Tx	27%	26%	19%	.58
African American Race	6%	7%	11%	.52
Pre Tx Diabetes	35%	43%	33%	.51
Mean HLA mismatch	3.33±1.79^∗	3.74±1.74	3.94±1.51^∗
Basailiximab induction	15%	24%	28%	.08
Deceased donor	38%	46%	36%	.56
Donor female	55%	50%	67%	.68
Donor age (years)	41.3±13.9	41.5±15.4	40.4±14.4	.93
ECD donor	7%	7%	6%	.93
DGF	13%	22%	22%	.12

SR: subclinical rejection, CR: clinical rejection, Tx: transplantation, ECD: extended criteria donor, DGF: delayed graft function.
All continuous variables displayed as the mean ± standard deviation.
* 𝑃<.05 for CR versus no rejection.