Table 1.
Demographic characteristics and laboratory parameters of 76 heart transplanted patients divided in two groups receiving either tacrolimus or cyclosporin A as basic immunosuppressive drug
| Tacrolimus n = 25 |
Cyclosporin A n = 51 |
Significance (p-value) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 57 ± 11.5 | 57 ± 10.8 | n.s. |
| Male/female (n) | 20/5 | 42/9 | n.s. |
| BMI | 26.0 ± 4.3 | 27.3 ± 7.2 | n.s. |
| SGOT (< 40 U/l) | 21.7 ± 7.9 | 21.3 ± 8.5 | n.s. |
| SGPT (< 45 U/l) | 18.4 ± 8.0 | 17.1 ± 8.4 | n.s |
| AP (< 135 U/l) | 73.7 ± 15.5 | 87.7 ± 25.6 | n.s |
| g-GT (< 55 U/l) | 42.3 ± 40.3 | 49.7 ± 45.1 | n.s |
| Bilirubine (< 1.0 mg/dl) | 0.67 ± 0.29 | 0.88 ± 0.54 | n.s |
| Diabetes mellitus (n) | 8 | 8 | n.s |
| Hyperlipidaemia (n) | 11 | 34 | n.s |
BMI: body mass index, SGOT: serum glutamec oxalacetic transaminase, SGPT: serum glutamic pyruvate transaminase, g-GT: gglutamyl transferase