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. 2015 Jun;16(8):841–854. doi: 10.2217/pgs.15.42

Table 3. . Patient demographics (n = 2008).

  Number with characteristic (%)
Recipient age (years):  
– 18–34 276 (13.8)
– 35–64 1447 (72.1)
– 65–84
285 (14.2)
Recipient weight (kg) at transplant
81.8 (69.0–95.5)
Male sex
1261 (62.8)
Race (self-reported):  
– White/Caucasian 1533 (76.3)
– African–American 373 (18.6)
– Asian 55 (2.8)
– Native American/Aleutian Islander 31 (1.5)
– Multiracial 10 (0.5)
– Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 4 (0.2)
– Not specified
2 (0.1)
Cause of kidney disease:  
– Diabetes 606 (30.2)
– Glomerular disease 441 (22.0)
– Other 359 (17.9)
– Hypertension 275 (13.7)
– Polycystic kidney disease 262 (13.1)
– Unknown
65 (3.2)
Diabetes at time of transplant
780 (38.8)
Prior kidney transplant
295 (14.7)
Simultaneous kidney/pancreas
157 (7.8)
Donor age (years):  
– 0–34 696 (34.7)
– 35–64 1254 (62.5)
– 65–84
58 (2.9)
Deceased donor
838 (41.7)
Cytomegalovirus antibody status pretransplant:  
– Negative recipient/negative donor 415 (21.3)
– Positive recipient/negative or positive donor 1217 (62.6)
– Negative recipient/positive donor
313 (16.1)
Induction immunosuppression:  
– Combination 54 (2.7)
– IL-2 receptor antagonists (basiliximab, daclizumab) 410 (20.4)
– Monoclonal antibodies (OKT3, alemtuzumab, rituximab) 402 (20.0)
– None 72 (3.6)
– Polyclonal antibody (antithymocyte globulin)
1070 (53.3)
Dialysis after transplant 179 (8.9)