TABLE 1.
Clinical characteristics
| Clinical characteristic (n16) | |
|---|---|
| Mean age (y) | 50.62 ± 7.02 |
| Sex | |
| Male | 12 |
| Female | 4 |
| Race | |
| White | 9 |
| Non-white | 7 |
| Allograft source | |
| Deceased donor | 16 |
| Living donor | 0 |
| Number of HLA antigen mismatches | |
| 6 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 |
| 4 | 10 |
| 3 | 2 |
| 0 | 1 |
| Mean serum creatinine (mg/dL) | 2.24 ± 0.42 |
| Maintenance immunosuppression tacrolimus, mycophenolate, prednisone | 16 |
| Reason for biopsy | |
| Acute kidney injury | 12 |
| Rise in dd-cfDNA | 4 |
| Number of tissue cores obtained | |
| 2 cores | 14 |
| 3 cores | 2 |
| Location of procedure | |
| Outpatient | 14 |
| Inpatient | 2 |
| Postbiopsy complications | |
| Hematoma | 0 |
| Arteriovenous malformation | 0 |
dd-cfDNA, donor-derived cell-free DNA.