Incidence of COVID-19 and Identification of Possible Risk Factors Associated with COVID-19 in Acute Renal Transplant Recipients in Pakistan

04 October 2022: Original Paper

Nida Saleem ^12ABDEF* , Saima Bashir ^1ABE , Asrar Khan ^23ADEFG , Syed Nayer Mahmud ^1AE , Maliha Aziz ^4CD , Merina Khan ^1BEF

DOI: 10.12659/AOT.937688

Ann Transplant 2022; 27:e937688

Table 1 Pre and post-transplant characteristics of kidney transplant recipients.

Pre-transplant characteristics			Post-transplant characteristics
	12±5 SD
			ATG^e	29/50	58%
			Basiliximab	14/50	28%
			None	7/50	14%

	35.38±11.690 SD
				32/50	64%
			≥7 days	18/50	36%

				1.20±0.41 SD
Male	41/50	82%
Female	9/50	18%

^a	23.673±4.5685 SD		^f	11/50	22%

				12/50	24%
Diabetes mellitus	19/50	38%
Hypertension	46/50	92%
Hepatitis B	6/50	12%
Hepatitis C	9/50	18%
Stroke	3/50	6%
History of smoking	12/50	24%

	4/50	8%
			ATN^g	8/12	66.6%
			Rejection	3/12	25%
			Others	1/12	8.33%

^b				18/50	36%
Diabetic Nephropathy	9/50	18%
Hypertensive Nephropathy	10/50	20%
Reflux Nephropathy	5/50	10%
IgA Nephropathy	7/50	14%
FSGS^c	5/50	10%
Other Glomerulonephritis	3/50	6%
Obstructive Nephropathy	8/50	16%
Others	2/50	4%


Pre-emptive transplant	8/50	16%
	22/50	44%		13/50	26%
7–12months	7/50	14%	>10	37/50	74%
>1 year	13/50	26%

^d
0	9/50	18%	Face to face	21/50	42%
1–5	28/50	56%	Telemedicine and face to face	29/50	58%
>5	13/50	26%
^a – Body mass index ^b – end stage renal disease ^c – focal segmental glomerulosclerosis ^d – Human leukocyte antigens ^e – anti-thymocyte globulin ^F – new onset diabetes after transplant ^g – acute tubular necrosis.