Clinical Study
Pancreas Transplantation: Does Age Increase Morbidity?
Table 4
Non-surgical infectious complications.
| | <50 years of age
| ≥50 years of age
| P value |
| Avg. No. of Bacterial Infections/Patient | 2.25 | 2.47 | .72 | Avg. No. of Viral Infections/Patient | 0.39 | 0.35 | .88 | Avg. No. of Fungal Infections/Patient | 0.13 | 0.06 | .27 | Avg. No. of Infections Requiring Hospitalization/Patient | 0.86 | 1.18 | .53 | Incidence of CMV, (%) | 22 (18%) | 3 (18%) | .93 | PTLD, (%) | 1 (0.8%) | 1 (5.9%) | .24 |
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CMV: Cytomegalovirus, PTLD: Posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder.
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