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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 16.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Transplant. 2001 May;1(1):47–50. doi: 10.1034/j.1600-6143.2001.010109.x

Table 3.

Serial renal function and tacrolimus levels prior to, on the day of, and 7 days following protocol biopsies performed 1 week after transplantation

D−7 D−3 D−1 D0 D + 7
Borderline or acute tubulitis (n=13) Serum creatinine (mg/dL) 6.0 ± 3.1 2.9 ± 2.5 2.4 ± 2.0 2.1 ± 1.7 1.6 ± 0.7
Tacrolimus levels (ng/mL) 20.0 ± 4.8 22.0 ± 6.1 19.1 ± 3.6 16.6 ± 4.9* 20.2 ± 4.2
No tubulitis (n=15) Serum creatinine (mg/dL) 8.8 ± 4.3 4.1 ± 3.4 2.7 ± 1.8 2.3 ± 1.4 2.1 ± 1.5
Tacrolimus levels (ng/mL) 28.4 ± 12.0 24.7 ± 14.7 22.9 ± 6.4 25.1 ± 7.6 20.8 ± 6.0
*

p < 0.002.