The comparison of clinical and biochemical parameters among 1200 alive and dead renal transplant recipients.

With increasing long-term graft survival and life-long immunosuppression, cardiovascular disease and infectious complications are major causes of morbidity and mortality. We retrospectively evaluated 1200 consecutive kidney transplant patients at Shiraz Organ Transplant Center from December 1988 to December 2003. Data on demographic profile, donor source, blood pressure, rejection episodes, cause of death, and hematological and biochemical serum profiles were collected to compare alive and dead recipients.