TABLE 1.
Demographics and characteristics of kidney transplant recipient population (n = 853)
| Characteristics | Number (%), mean ± SD |
|---|---|
| Age at transplant (mean ± SD) | 49.76 ± 14.42 |
| Living donor | 534 (62.6) |
| Simultaneous pancreas-kidney | 35 (4.1) |
| Weight (kg) at transplant (mean ± SD) | 81.75 ± 20.56 |
| Male recipient | 521 (61.1) |
| Male donor | 419 (49.1) |
| Ancestry | |
| European | 678 (79.5) |
| African | 175 (20.5) |
| Cause of kidney diseasea | |
| Diabetes | 178 (20.9) |
| Glomerular disease | 243 (28.5) |
| Other | 156 (18.3) |
| Hypertension | 100 (11.7) |
| Polycystic kidney disease | 126 (14.8) |
| Unknown | 50 (5.9) |
| Cardiovascular disease prior to transplanta | |
| Myocardial infarction | 45 (5.3) |
| Stroke | 39 (4.6) |
| Hypertension | 755 (88.5) |
| Congestive heart failure | 47 (5.5) |
| CAD requiring drug treatment | 99 (11.6) |
| CAD requiring invasive or surgical procedures | 107 (12.5) |
| Hyperlipidaemia requiring drug treatment at transplant | 429 (50.3) |
| Diabetes at time of transplant | 250 (29.3) |
| Induction immunosuppression | |
| Monoclonal antibody | 339 (39.7) |
| Polyclonal antibody | 496 (58.1) |
| Combination | 18 (2.1) |
| Calcineurin inhibitor at baseline | |
| Tacrolimus | 776 (91.0) |
| Cyclosporine | 62 (7.3) |
| None | 15 (1.8) |
Abbreviation: CAD, coronary artery disease.
a
The number of cardiovascular diseases exceeds 100% since some individuals had multiple conditions.