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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Nov 8.
Published in final edited form as: Transplantation. 1997 Aug 27;64(4):559–565. doi: 10.1097/00007890-199708270-00002

Table 3.

Effect of pregnancy on immunosuppression

Tacrolimus dosea (mg/day) Tacrolimus levelb (ng/ml)
Before
 Mean 10.3 0.7
 SD 3.3 0.3
 Median 11 0.6
First Trimester
 Mean 9.7 0.7
 SD 3.3 0.3
 Median 10 0.7
Second Trimester
 Mean 9.3 0.7
 SD 3.6 0.5
 Median 10 0.5
Third Trimester
 Mean 10.1 0.5
 SD 3.9 0.3
 Median 10 0.45
Postpartum
 Mean 9.8 0.8
 SD 4 0.4
 Median 10 0.65
a

Excludes patient 6 with colitis, receiving 48–64 mg/day.

b

Plasma level.