Table 2.
Demographic comparison of adherent and nonadherent patients posttransplantation
| Posttransplantation tacrolimus levels |
Posttransplantation missed clinic appointments ≥1 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adherent |
Nonadherent |
Adherent |
Nonadherent |
|
| n = 74 (84.1%) | n = 14 (15.9%) | n = 68 (77.3%) | n = 20 (22.7%) | |
| Age at transplant, mean (SD) | 48.8 (12.9) | 46.8 (11.7) | 50.0 (12.1) | 43.3 (13.4)a |
| Age at first dialysis, mean (SD) | 45.1 (13.3) | 43.50 (11.7) | 46.4 (12.2) | 39.7 (14.6)a |
| Dialysis vintage, mo, mean (SD) | 35.9 (27.6) | 29.8 (16.7) | 35.4 (26.4) | 33.1 (26.2) |
| Gender, n (%) | ||||
| Male | 45 (60.8) | 10 (71.4) | 42 (61.8) | 13 (65.0) |
| Female | 29 (39.2) | 4 (28.6) | 26 (38.2) | 7 (35.0) |
| Ethnicity, n (%) | ||||
| White | 41 (55.4) | 7 (50) | 37 (54.4) | 11 (55.0) |
| Nonwhite | 33 (44.6) | 7 (50) | 31 (45.6) | 9 (45.0) |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation, mean (SD) | 5.7 (2.9) | 4.6 (2.9) | 5.69 (3.1) | 4.9 (2.4) |
a
P < 0.05.