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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Transplantation. 2018 Dec;102(12):2072–2079. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000002310

Table 2.

Characteristics of de novo donor specific antibodies detected in pediatric patients after kidney transplant, by clinical stability at time of dnDSA detection.

dnDSA detected on screening
n=20
dnDSA detected on for-cause testing
n=13
≥6 DSA tests in 2 years of monitoring 17 (85%) 10 (77%)
Time to DSA (days) (median(IQR)) 332 (87–738) 543 (394–630)
Class of Initial DSA (n(%))
 Class I 2 (10%) 2 (15%)
 Class II 16 (80%) 7 (54%)
 Class I & Class II 2 (10%) 4 (31%)
Initial DSA MFI (median(IQR)) 2500 (1050–4350) 2400 (1300–3400)
Class of DSA overall (n(%))
 Class I 2 (10%) 2 (15.4%)
 Class II 13 (65%) 7 (15%)
 Class I & Class II 5 (25%) 4 (31%)
Peak MFI overall (median(IQR)) 6150 (2750–11600) 4100 (2200–8900)
C1q positive (n(%)) 6 (43%) 2 (40%)
Biopsy within 3 months of positive DSA 10 (50%) 10 (77%)
 Antibody-mediated rejection 1 (10%) 1 (10%)
 Acute cellular rejection 3 (30%) 6 (60%)
Duration of DSA (days) (median(IQR)) 378 (85–596) 172 (85–241)
DSA resolved before 2 years (n(%)) 6 (30%) 4 (31%)
CV for tacrolimus trough level (mean(sd)) 34.9% (12.5) 35.3% (12.4)

CV: coefficient of variation