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  • Title: Prevalence of hypertension in a renal transplant population on alternate-day steroid therapy.
    Author: Curtis JJ, Galla JH, Kotchen TA, Lucas B, McRoberts JW, Luke RG.
    Journal: Clin Nephrol; 1976 Mar; 5(3):123-7. PubMed ID: 770034.
    Abstract:
    A study of the prevalence of hypertension in a group of renal transplant patients on alternate-day maintenance steroid therapy was conducted. Twenty-four percent of the transplant clinic population was hypertensive. The factors that were associated with a lower prevalence of hypertension were good graft function, bilateral nephrectomy of the patients' own diseased kidneys (although the majority of our patients without bilateral nephrectomy are normotensive), and use of a living related donor. We conclude that the prevalance of hypertension in transplant patients on alternate-day steroid therapy is low. In the presence of all these favorable factors, only 6% of allograft recipients were hypertensive.
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