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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jun 22.
Published in final edited form as: Oral Microbiol Immunol. 2009 Jun;24(3):249–254. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-302X.2009.00505.x

Table 2.

Characteristics of transplant population

Clinical characteristics Kidney (n = 81) Heart (n = 9) P value, kidney vs. heart
Post-transplant years (mean) 6.8 ± 4.8 8.1 ± 5.3 0.57
Rejection history 35% 44% 0.58
History of antifungals 23% 33% 0.50
Cyclosporin 31% 33% 0.88
Prednisone 93% 89% 0.70
Mycophenolate 74% 89% 0.33
Tacrolimus 63% 56% 0.67
Azathioprine 19% 11% 0.58
Sirolimus 11% 11% 1.00

Mean values and SD are shown for number of years since transplant surgery, and frequency values (%) are shown for dichotomous variables.