Table 5.
Maintenance immunosuppression among kidney transplant recipients with and without severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 while an inpatient
Immunosuppression | Total, N=256, n (%) | Kidney Transplant Recipients | P value | |
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Positive, N=32, n (%) | Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Negative, N=224, n (%) | |||
Tacrolimus | 195 (76) | 27 (84) | 168 (75) | 0.24 |
Belatacept | 16 (6) | 2 (6) | 14 (6) | 1.00 |
Cyclosporine | 12 (5) | 1 (3) | 11 (5) | 0.66 |
Sirolimus | 7 (3) | 0 (0) | 7 (3) | 0.60 |
Everolimus | 5 (2) | 0 (0) | 5 (2) | 1.00 |
Mycophenolate | 152 (59) | 11 (34) | 141 (63) | 0.002 |
Azathioprine | 14 (5) | 2 (6) | 12 (5) | 0.69 |
Steroids | 219 (86) | 26 (81) | 193 (86) | 0.46 |
P values were obtained using the Kruskal-Wallis test. Values in red represent statistically significant differences. Fisher’s exact test was used for comparison in cells with < five participants.