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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of kidney transplant patients, (n = 450)

From: Incidence and risk factors of herpes zoster among adult renal transplant recipients receiving universal antiviral prophylaxis

Characteristics

N (%)

Age at transplantation (years)

45 ± 13

 <60

377 (83.8)

 ≥ 60

73 (16.2)

Gender

 

 Male

293 (65.1)

 Female

157 (34.9

Follow up time (months); median (range)

38 (2-71)

Type of donor

 

 Live related donor

192 (42.7)

 Diseased donor

258 (57.3)

Number of transplant

 

 First

436 (96.9)

 Second

11 (2.4)

 Third

3 (0.7)

Induction agent

 

 Daclizumab

237 (52.7)

 Basiliximab

176 (39.1)

 Anti-thymocyte globulin

23 (5.1)

 None

14 (3.1)

Death at last follow-up

 

 No

439 (97.6)

 Yes

11 (2.4)

Graft functionality at death

 

 Unknown

1 (9.1)

 Graft in function

8 (72.7)

 Graft not in function

2 (18.2)

Rejection

 

 No

417 (92.6)

 Yes

33 (7.4)

Pre-transplant VZV disease

 

 No

51 (11.3)

 Yes

201 (44.7)

 Unknown

198 (44)