22 March 2022>: Original Paper
Pre-Transplant Peripheral Lymphocyte Subsets Predict Pneumonia After Renal Transplantation
Quan Zhuang 12ADEG* , Min Yang 1BCE* , Shu Liu 12BCF , Meng Yu 1BC , Jie Jiang 1BF , Bo Peng 12DF , Yingzi Ming 12AEF*DOI: 10.12659/AOT.934773
Ann Transplant 2022; 27:e934773
Table 2 Clinical characteristics between pneumonia and stable allograft recipients.
All (n=114) | Stable (n=82) | Pneumonia (n=32) | P | |
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Age (year), mean±SD | 42.36±10.79 | 41.83±11.87 | 44.16±9.41 | 0.2513 |
Gender, M/F | 79/35 | 58/24 | 21/11 | 0.5953 |
BMI (kg/m) | 21.62±3.12 | 21.90±3.20 | 20.89±2.83 | 0.2077 |
Dialysis, year | 3.89±3.75 | 4.15±3.83 | 3.29±3.65 | 0.3261 |
Induction therapy | 0.2667 | |||
None, n (%) | 16 (14.03) | 10 (12.20) | 6 (18.75) | |
ATG, n (%) | 58 (50.88) | 39 (47.56) | 19 (59.38) | |
Baliximab, n (%) | 3 (2.63) | 2 (2.44) | 1 (3.13) | |
ATG+Baliximab, n (%) | 37 (32.46) | 31 (37.80) | 6 (18.75) | |
Pneumonia onset time (month) | – | – | 5.47±3.98 | |
Symptom+CT, n | – | – | 21 | |
Symptom+CT+Blood culture, n | – | – | 11 | |
Pathogen, n (%) | ||||
Bacteria | 13 (41) | |||
Virus | 6 (19) | |||
Fungus | 10 (31) | |||
Polyinfection | 3 (9) | |||
Endpoint eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m) | 59.13±23.64 | 61.46±23.87 | 54.98±22.15 | 0.1253 |
IS withdrawn, n | – | – | 6 | |
IS – immunosuppressants. |