Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics at the time of Transplantation, n=243. (Number in parenthesis is %, unless otherwise noted)

Recipient Race
Black	63 (26 %)
Caucasian	176 (72 %)
Other	4 (2 %)
Recipient Sex
Male	153 (63 %)
Recipient Age at time of transplant (years± S.D.)	47.7 ± 11.9
Dialysis Pre-transplant
Yes	209 (86 %)
No	34 (14 %)
Cause of ESRD
Hypertension	81 (33 %)
Diabetes	77 (32 %)
Other	74 (30 %)
Unknown	11 (5 %)
Previous Transplant	45 (19 %)
Recent Panel Reactive Antigen (PR A)
>20 %	28 (12 %)
1–20 %	19 (8 %)
< 1 %	176 (72 %)
Unknown	20 (8 %)
Cold Ischemia Time
>24 hours	46 (19 %)
12–24 hours	162 (67 %)
< 12 hours	35 (14 %)
Donor Age (years years± S.D.)	37.0 ± 18.1
Donor Cause of Death
Cardiovascular	42 (18 %)
Intracranial Hemmorhage	59 (25 %)
Trauma	117 (49 %)
Other	20 (8 %)
Dialysis in Week One Post-transplant	75 (31 %)
In-hospital rejection, prior to discharge	15 (6 %)
Acute Rejection in first year (excluding in-hospital rejection)	25 (10 %)
Allograft Loss*	15 (6%)
Patient Death	4 (2 %)

^*Allograft loss defined as return to dialysis or re-transplantation.