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. 2018 Oct 9;23:704–712. doi: 10.12659/AOT.910483

Table 2.

Drug level and dose of immunosuppressants.

Rejection group (n=17) Rejection within 1 year of IS reduction (n=4) No rejection group (n=62) P-value* P-value**
FK 506 TDM (ng/mL) (N/N/N)
 1 month after KT (12/4/50) 9.73±3.50 9.00±3.00 9.13±3.79 0.615 0.937
 First detection of BKV (17/4/62) 6.02±5.06 10.00±1.96 6.02±3.76 0.998 0.019
 Peak BKV (9/4/50) 8.60±2.54 9.50±2.32 6.93±2.62 0.082 0.066
 1 month after peak BKV (8/4/48) 5.46±1.06 5.68±0.62 6.43±2.40 0.073 0.562
 3 months after peak BKV (9/4/48) 6.34±2.90 5.53±1.11 6.16±2.24 0.830 0.584
 6 months after peak BKV (9/4/46) 5.57±2.21 5.85±1.58 5.60±1.97 0.964 0.500
 1 year after peak BKV (10/4/46) 5.11±1.30 5.75±1.05 5.32±2.04 0.755 0.500
 2 years after peak BKV (10/4/46) 4.21±1.92 4.75±1.15 5.48±1.63 0.034 0.478
 3 years after peak BKV (10/4/44) 2.84±1.19 3.75±0.13 5.07±2.09 0.002 0.221
 4 years after peak BKV (11/4/42) 3.07±1.21 3.60±1.22 4.45±1.29 0.002 0.315
 5 years after peak BKV (7/1/34) 3.16±1.37 4.80 5.04±2.04 0.025 0.971
MMF (g/day)
 1 month after KT (12/3/52) 1.58±0.34 1.50±0.00 1.37±0.36 0.066 0.536
 First detection of BKV (12/3/55) 1.35±0.56 1.33±0.29 1.23±0.40 0.357 0.690
 Peak BKV (12/3/56) 1.02±0.48 1.17±0.58 0.79±0.58 0.214 0.261
 1 month after peak BKV (12/3/53) 0.69±0.47 0.67±0.76 0.40±0.52 0.082 0.509
 3 months after peak BKV (12/3/55) 0.58±0.37 0.42±0.38 0.39±0.42 0.152 0.843
 6 months after peak BKV (12/3/56) 0.58±0.37 0.42±0.38 0.42±0.41 0.223 0.961
 1 year after peak BKV (13/4/54) 0.71±0.35 0.75±0.29 0.45±0.45 0.058 0.159
 2 years after peak BKV (15/4/51) 0.78±0.36 0.88±0.25 0.56±0.37 0.043 0.111
 3 years after peak BKV (14/4/53) 0.79±0.37 0.88±0.25 0.60±0.41 0.140 0.192
 4 years after peak BKV (14/4/48) 0.75±0.35 0.88±0.25 0.59±0.39 0.182 0.160
 5 years after peak BKV (9/2/37) 0.78±0.32 0.88±0.18 0.64±0.39 0.314 0.491

BKV – BK virus; IS – immunosuppression; KT – kidney transplantation.

*

P-value – rejection group vs. no rejection group;

**

P-value – rejection group within 1 year vs. no rejection group.