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University of Pittsburgh Pediatric Kidney Transplantation (Jan 1, 1988, to Jan 1, 1993): Recipient Characteristics
| Number of patients | 62 |
| Number of grafts | 63 |
| Living donor | 35 (56%) |
| Cadaveric donor | 28 (44%) |
| Mean recipient age | 9.8 ± 4.8 years |
| Primary transplants | 47 (75%) |
| Retransplantation | 16 (25%) |
| Panel-reactive antibodies >40% | 9 (14%) |
| Cyclosporine | 33 (52%) |
| FK 506 | 30 (48%) |
