Table 1. Characteristics of the Study Population.
| Characteristic | SOTR Group (n = 58) |
Immunocompetent Group (n = 40) |
P Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | Median (IQR) | Mean (SD) | Median (IQR) | ||
| Demographic | |||||
| Age, y | 61.3 (8.4) | 62.3 (56-66) | 69.8 (10.9) | 69.5 (63.5-80.0) | <.001a |
| Sex, No. (%) | |||||
| Male | 44 (75.9) | NA | 24 (60) | NA | .09 |
| Female | 14 (24.1) | NA | 16 (40) | NA | |
| Race/ethnicity, No. (%) | |||||
| White | 56 (96.5) | NA | 40 (100) | NA | .24 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2 (3.5) | NA | 0 | NA | |
| Transplant Data | |||||
| No. of transplants, No. (%) | |||||
| 1 | 46 (79.3) | NA | NA | NA | |
| >1 | 12 (20.7) | NA | NA | NA | |
| Years of immunosuppression | 14.6 (9.2) | 12 (7-20.5) | NA | NA | |
| Patient care receivedb | |||||
| Follow-up time, y | 3.8 (2.2) | 4 (1.5-6) | 3.7 (2.4) | 3.8 (1-6) | .82 |
| No. of office visits | 11 (8) | 11 (5-16) | 9 (9) | 7 (3-15) | .24 |
| Visit frequency | 4 (2) | 3 (2-4) | 3 (2) | 2 (2-3) | .02a |
| No. of skin biopsies | 21 (17) | 14 (8-34) | 17 (17) | 11 (4-24) | .25 |
| Annual biopsy rate | 6 (4) | 6 (3-8) | 5 (3) | 4 (2-7) | .04a |
Abbreviations: IQR, interquartile range; NA, not applicable; SOTR, solid organ transplant recipient.
a
Statistically significant association. Visit frequency and annual biopsy rate were calculated using variable follow-up time for each patient.
b
Total number of office visits was 1026; total number of biopsies for suspicious skin lesions for 98 patients, 1866.