Table 1 General characteristics of 30 renal transplant recipients with post-transplant visceral leishmaniasis
Variable | Mean (SD)* | n(%) | P-value ** |
|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 40.07 (10.5) | - | |
Sex | |||
Male | 24 (80.0) | 0.001 | |
Female | 6 (20.0) | ||
Ethnicity | |||
White | 13 (43.3) | 0.002 | |
Black | 16 (53.3) | ||
Brown | 1 (3.3) | ||
Kidney transplant | |||
First transplant | 27 (90.0) | 0.001 | |
Re-transplant | 3 (10.0) | ||
Donor type | |||
Alive | 17 (56.7) | 0.585 | |
Dead | 13 (43.3) | ||
Donor sex (all donors) | |||
Male | 20 (66.7) | 0.099 | |
Female | 10 (33.3) | ||
Degree of kinship of live donors | |||
Second degree | 11 (36.7) | ||
Parents | 10 (33.3) | 0.043 | |
Siblings | 8 (26.7) | ||
Not related | 1 (3.3) | ||
Disease causing CRD | |||
Diabetes mellitus | 8 (26.7) | 0.432 | |
Arterial hypertension | 3 (10.0) | ||
Unknown | 5 (16.7) | ||
Chronic GN | 5 (16.7) | ||
Other | 9 (30.0) | ||
Dialysis before transplant | |||
Hemodialysis | 27 (90.0) | 0.001 | |
Peritoneal dialysis | 3 (10.0) |