TABLE 2.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of the population studieda
| Patient characteristicb | All | Type of transplant |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kidney | Liver | Heart | ||
| No. of patients | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 |
| Weight (kg) | 66.2 (12.9) | 65.9 (12.9) | 69.6 (10.8) | 65.8 (5.5) |
| Age (yr) | 55.7 (11.8) | 54.6 (10.3) | 53.2 (8.7) | 54.4 (17.3) |
| CLCR (ml/min) | 57.0 (25.3) | 39.9 (22.9) | 75.1 (18.0) | 73.2 (5.5) |
| Gender (male/female) | 10/10 | 4/6 | 2/3 | 4/1 |
| Concomitant immunosuppressive medication | ||||
| MMF (yes/no) | 16/4 | 9/1 | 4/1 | 5/0 |
| CsA (yes/no) | 11/9 | 3/7 | 4/1 | 4/1 |
| TAC (yes/no) | 8/12 | 6/4 | 1/4 | 1/4 |
| SRL (yes/no) | 1/19 | 1/9 | 0/5 | 0/5 |
a
Data are given as mean (standard deviation) values or counts.
b
CsA, cyclosporine; MMF, mycophenolate mofetil; SRL, sirolimus; TAC, tacrolimus. CLCR was estimated according to the Cockcroft-Gault formula.