All RT
     (n = 340)
   A              U

 RT till April 2008        RT since April 2008                 
           (n = 197)                        (n = 143)
          Group 1                         Group 2

   p

 

92 (27)     248(73)

53 (26.9)            

          39 (27.3)  

 

Donor gender

Female
Male

 

 214 (58)
 126 (42)    

 

124 (63)    
73 (37)     

 

         90 (63)        
         53 (37)        

 

0.25
0.48

Recipient gender

Female
Male

 

43 (47)     109(44)
49 (53)    139 (56)

 

25 (47.2)    
28 (52.8)     

 

18 (46.2)     
21 (53.8)     

 

0.37
0.36

Recipient age at transplantation (years)

 

      51 (23-70)

 

       55 (49-69)

 

50 (27- 69)

 

0.57

Donor age (years)

      63 (38-80)

       60 (50- 72)

58 (22-73)

0.82

Renal disease
 
Glomerulonephritis
  Interstitial nephritis
  Polycystic kidney disease
  Unspecified

 

38 (41)    107 (43)
20 (22)     54 (22)
18 (20)     50(20)
16 (17)     37 (15)

 

21 (40)           
11 (20)          
11 (20)          
10 (19)          

 

16 (41)           
9 (23)             
8 (20)             
6 (15)            

 

0.38
0.55
0.81
0.38

Duration of dialysis
median  months (range)

 

38 (0-60)

 

35 (10- 54)

 

36 (3- 60)

 

0.59

Hemodialysis

68 (74)    186 (75)

40 (75)        

28 (72)           

0.79

Peritoneal dialysis

24 (26)      62 (25)

13 (25)           

11 (28)           

0.48

Donor source
Deceased donor
Living donor

 

88 (96)    243 (98)
  4 (4)          5 (2)

 

51 (96)        
2 (4)             

 

37 (95)
2 (3)

 

0.44
0.38

Treatment AR
          
Cs
ATG

 

46 (50)     26 (10.5) 10 (10.8)  5 (2)

 

26 (49)       
6 (11)          

 

20 (45)        
4 (10.3)       

 

0.38
0.36

CMV prophylaxis or treatment before diagnosis

 

53 (58)     27 (11)

 

30 (57)           

 

 23 (54)         

 

0.73

Immunosuppressive therapy
Cya, MMF, Cs (n = 295)
Fk, MMF, Cs (n = 45)

 

57 (19)    238 (81)
35 (78)      10 (22)

 

33 (62)        
20 (38)             

 

24 (62)         
15 (38)             

 

0.57
0.84

The comparison of clinical characteristics between two groups did not reveal any significant differences. Fk = tacrolimus, MMF = mycophenolate mofetil, Cs = steroid, CyA = cyclosporine, ATG = antithymocyte globulins, CMV = cytomegalovirus, RT = renal transplant, A = affected, U = unaffected, AR = acute rejection.
Table 1: Baseline characteristics of the two groups, and statistical significance of the difference in clinical characteristics.