Age-associated decline in cardiac allograft rejection
DG Renlund, EM Gilbert, JB O'Connell… - The American journal of …, 1987 - Elsevier
The influence of age on cardiac allograft rejection was studied in 57 consecutive recipients.
Twenty-one subjects were 54 years of age or older (mean, 57.7±0.6 years [±SEM]; range, 54
to 63 years) and 36 subjects were 52 years of age or younger (mean, 39.9±1.8 years; range,
16 to 52 years; p< 0.001). The older recipients had fewer rejection episodes during the first
four months following cardiac transplantation (0.24±0.05 episodes per month versus
0.72±0.09 episodes per month; p< 0.001) and during the total duration of follow-up …
Twenty-one subjects were 54 years of age or older (mean, 57.7±0.6 years [±SEM]; range, 54
to 63 years) and 36 subjects were 52 years of age or younger (mean, 39.9±1.8 years; range,
16 to 52 years; p< 0.001). The older recipients had fewer rejection episodes during the first
four months following cardiac transplantation (0.24±0.05 episodes per month versus
0.72±0.09 episodes per month; p< 0.001) and during the total duration of follow-up …