Table 5.

Health-related quality of life scores according to immunosuppressive regimen, age below/above the median and comorbidity below/above the median

	Ciclosporin*			Age (years)**			Charlson comorbidity index***
	Tacrolimus and prednisolon	Ciclosporin and prednisolon	p	≤58.88	>58.88	p	≤2	>2	p
N	9	39		27	26		30	23
ESRD-SCL
Limited physical capacity	0.62 ± 0.18	0.82 ± 0.09	0.33	0.73 ± 0.11	0.81 ± 0.11	0.62	0.63 ± 0.10	0.91 ± 0.11	0.06
Limited cognitive capacity	0.45 ± 0.15	0.59 ± 0.08	0.43	0.57 ± 0.10	0.58 ± 0.10	0.93	0.46 ± 0.09	0.69 ± 0.10	0.10
Cardiac and renal dysfunction	0.72 ± 0.19	0.82 ± 0.08	0.21	0.73 ± 0.11	0.79 ± 0.11	0.71	0.62 ± 0.10	0.91 ± 0.12	0.07
Side effects of corticosteroids	0.67 ± 0.18	0.68 ± 0.09	0.20	0.71 ± 0.11	0.58 ± 0.11	0.16	0.53 ± 0.10	0.76 ± 0.12	0.16
Increased growth of gum and hair	0.19 ± 0.27	0.92 ± 0.09	0.02	0.74 ± 0.16	0.73 ± 0.16	0.98	0.61 ± 0.15	0.87 ± 0.17	0.26
Transplantation-associated psychological distress	0.67 ± 0.16	0.58 ± 0.08	0.60	0.66 ± 0.09	0.54 ± 0.09	0.38	0.56 ± 0.09	0.64 ± 0.10	0.56
Total	0.57 ± 0.14	0.73 ± 0.07	0.32	0.69 ± 0.08	0.68 ± 0.09	0.95	0.57 ± 0.08	0.80 ± 0.09	0.07
SF-36
Physical functioning	71.3 ± 6.5	73.8 ± 3.2	0.74	73.5 ± 4.3	68.1 ± 4.3	0.38	81.7 ± 3.8	59.9 ± 4.3	<0.001
Role – physical	70.6 ± 13.4	50.4 ± 6.6	0.18	70.3 ± 8.2	38.0 ± 8.3	0.009	55.6 ± 7.2	52.7 ± 8.2	0.80
Bodily pain	58.8 ± 9.4	65.2 ± 4.7	0.54	72.2 ± 5.6	55.3 ± 5.6	0.04	66.9 ± 5.0	61.0 ± 5.8	0.44
General health	49.6 ± 8.8	56.0 ± 4.5	0.52	61.0 ± 5.2	51.6 ± 5.2	0.21	60.8 ± 4.9	51.8 ± 5.5	0.23
Vitality	61.6 ± 7.3	51.0 ± 3.7	0.20	58.4 ± 4.2	48.7 ± 4.2	0.11	57.4 ± 3.9	49.8 ± 4.6	0.22
Social functioning	70.3 ± 8.1	81.3 ± 4.1	0.23	81.7 ± 4.9	77.9 ± 5.0	0.6	85.4 ± 4.5	74.3 ± 5.2	0.12
Role – emotional	71.1 ± 11.4	76.8 ± 5.7	0.66	85.4 ± 6.7	67.3 ± 7.1	0.08	81.4 ± 6.4	72.0 ± 7.3	0.35
Mental health	73.3 ± 6.2	76.7 ± 3.1	0.62	78.1 ± 3.6	76.4 ± 3.7	0.75	79.8 ± 3.4	74.7 ± 3.9	0.34

*adjusted for age, sex and comorbidity

** adjusted for sex and comorbidity

*** adjusted for age and sex