Table 2.
Differences in the renal transplant recipients who had died compared to those alive at follow-up
| Deceased (n = 73) |
Survivors (n = 305) |
Significance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (yrs) | 57.4+/- 14.1 | 45.5 +/- 13.5 | <0.001** |
| Male gender Cardiovascular disease at enrolment |
45 33 |
198 51 |
0.773 <0.001** |
| Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 135 +/- 14 | 131 +/- 14 | 0.031* |
| Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 78 +/- 6 | 79 +/- 7 | 0.067 |
| Total cholesterol (mmol/l) | 5.2 +/- 1.1 | 5.3 +/- 1.0 | 0.478 |
| HDL cholesterol (mmol/l) | 1.4 +/- 0.5 | 1.4 +/- 0.4 | 0.717 |
| Diabetic | 17 | 37 | 0.014* |
| Smokers | 13 | 59 | 0.764 |
| Creatinine (μmol/l) eGFR (ml/min/m2) |
144(110-212) 45.9+/- 24.2 |
129(106-154) 53.9 +/- 19.0 |
0.011* 0.009** |
| hsCRP (mg/l) | 3.8 (1.9, 9.9) | 1.7 (0.8, 3.9) | <0.001** |
| VCAM (ng/ml) | 2120(1476, 3136) | 1428 (1109, 2025) | <0.001** |
| ICAM (ng/ml) | 1061 (816, 1415) | 900 (610, 1248) | 0.003** |
Results expressed as arithmetic mean +/- standard deviation or median (inter-quartile range). Levels of significance (* p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01).