Table 1.

Characteristics of 24 patients undergoing kidney transplantation.

	No. of patients
Patients (male/female)	24 (15/9)
Age (years) (range)	51 (19–72)
Previous renal replacement therapy
″Haemodialysis	″8
″Peritoneal dialysis	″12
″None	″4
Primary kidney disease
″Polycystic kidney disease	″5
″Hypertensive nephropathy	″3
″Diabetic nephropathy	″2
″Obstructive nephropathy	″2
″Nephrolithiasis	2
″Glomerulonephritis	1
″Other/unknown	9
Transplantation type
″Living related	″16
″Living unrelated	″5
″Deceased donor	″3
Transplantation number
″First	″ 19
″Second	″5
Number of HLA mismatches
″HLA-A	0·92 ± 0·12
″HLA-B	1·08 ± 0·10
″HLA-DR	0·96 ± 0·14
Recipient negative for CMV, donor positive	″2
Patients with PRA > 5%	3
Duration of cold ischaemia (h) (median and range)	0·5 (0·2–25·8)

PRA, panel reactive antibodies.