04 October 2022 : Original article
Incidence of COVID-19 and Identification of Possible Risk Factors Associated with COVID-19 in Acute Renal Transplant Recipients in Pakistan
Nida Saleem 12ABDEF*, Saima Bashir 1ABE, Asrar Khan 23ADEFG, Syed Nayer Mahmud 1AE, Maliha Aziz 4CD, Merina Khan 1BEFDOI: 10.12659/AOT.937688
Ann Transplant 2022; 27:e937688
Table 4 Linking Quantitative variables with COVID-19 status.
Variables | COVID-19 positive (14 patients) | COVID-19 negative (36 patients) | p-value | ||
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Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
Length of immediate post-transplant hospital stay (days) | 6.79 | 1.626 | 6.75 | 1.763 | |
Immediate post-transplant serum creatinine (mg/dL) | 1.3821 | 0.411 | 1.1350 | 0.388 | |
Length of hospital stay for in-hospital admission later on (days) | 1.36 | 1.946 | 1.06 | 2.028 | |
Number of post-transplant follow ups (days) | 13.64 | 2.818 | 11.89 | 3.462 | 1.092 |