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. 2012 Mar;7(3):494–503. doi: 10.2215/CJN.08630811

Table 2.

Summary of survival data for living donor and deceased donor kidney transplants using rapid discontinuation of prednisone for maintenance immunosuppression along with Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients national survival data

1-/5-/10-year rates (%)
LD DD
RDP patient survival 98/90/71 95/86/62
SRTR patient survivala 99/92/77 97/86/65
RDP graft survival 96/82/61 94/77/51
SRTR graft survivala 96/81/60 92/72/45
RDP death-censored graft survival 98/90/79 98/87/80

LD, living donor; DD, deceased donor; RDP, rapid discontinuation of prednisone; SRTR, Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients.

a

2009 Organ Procurement and Transplant Network/SRTR annual report adjusted 10-year data (http://www.ustransplant.org/annual_Reports/current/default.htm).