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. 2021 Jun 24;18(6):e1003668. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003668

Table 5. Number of AEs occurring for the first time in single patients in the study group considered as a whole (Overall) and according to treatment arm.

Classification Overall (n = 233) AZA (n = 114) MMF (n = 119)
SAEs 190 94 96
Acute rejection 105 51 54
Anemia 4 2 2
Cardiac and vascular 37 17 20
DGF 12 7 5
Disease recurrence 3 1 2
Endocrin 4 1 3
Graft dysfunction 22 9 13
Hematologic 5 4 1
Infectious 57 34 23
Leukopenia 8 3 5
Liver and gastrointestinal 38 17 21
Metabolic 4 2 2
Mood disorder 3 2 1
Neoplasm bladder 1 1 -
Neoplasm stomach 1 1 -
Neoplasm hematologic 3 2 1
Neoplasm kidney 8 6 2
Neoplasm prostate 1 1 -
Neoplasm skin 5 1 4
Neurologic 3 1 2
Ocular 1 1 -
Oral 5 2 3
Respiratory 28 18 10
Skin, subcutaneous, muscuskeletal, and trauma 8 5 3
Surgical 19 10 9
Thrombocytopenia 1 - 1
Urinary 1 1 -
Urological 42 21 21
Other 45 27 18
Non-SAEs 226 113 114
Acute rejection 9 7 2
Allergy 2 1 1
Anemia 100 55 45
Cardiac and vascular 98 48 50
Chronic rejection 51 20 31
DGF 19 10 9
Disease recurrence 3 3 -
Endocrin 41 19 22
Graft dysfunction 52 24 28
Graft failure 9 6 3
Hematologic 42 22 20
Infectious 164 80 84
Leukopenia 114 68** 46
Liver and gastrointestinal 120 59 61
Metabolic 197 97 100
Mood disorder 44 20 24
Neoplasm eye 1 - 1
Neoplasm skin 1 - 1
Neoplasm lung 2 1 1
Neoplasm thyroid 1 1 -
Neurologic 50 25 25
Ocular 31 17 14
Oral 24 10 14
Respiratory 65 34 31
Skin, subcutaneous, musculoskeletal, and trauma 74 38 36
Surgical 20 10 10
Thrombocytopenia 37 24* 13
Urinary 7 5 2
Urological 72 30 42
Other 152 78 74

Chi-squared or Fisher exact test vs MMF:

*p < 0.05,

**p < 0.01.

AE, adverse event; AZA, azathioprine; DGF, delayed graft function; MMF, mycophenolate mofetil; SAE, serious AE.