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Table 1 Characteristics of renal transplants with and without BK nephropathy

From: Optimal use of plasma and urine BK viral loads for screening and predicting BK nephropathy

Characteristic

BK nephropathy (n = 17)

No BK nephropathy (n = 260)

p-value

Age (years)

58.3 (47.8–61.6)

51.2 (41.6–58.1)

0.113

Male

12 (70.6)

157 (60.4)

0.454

ATSIa

0 (0)

31 (11.9)

0.232

Follow up (years)

4.1 (2.1–4.9)

3.4 (2.4–4.8)

0.966

Acute Rejection

7 (41.1)

56 (21.5)

0.074

eGFR at 12 months (mLs/min)

35.6 (22.3–52.2)

48.3 (38.6–59.8)

0.014

  1. Results are median (percentage or interquartile range)
  2. aATSI, aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander