Comparisons of the incidence of post-transplant rejection and severity of acute cellular rejection between the steroid-free and steroid-containing protocols.

Table 2: Comparisons of the incidence of post-transplant rejection and severity of acute cellular rejection between the steroid-free and steroid-containing protocols.

		Steroid (+) group (n = 65）	Steroid (-) group (n = 76)	p-value
Histological Diagnosis		18 (27.7%)	27 (35.5%)	0.367
Clinical Diagnosis		26 (40.0%)	39 (51.3%)	0.236
Grade of ACR (histological diagnosis)	indeterminate to mild	14	15	0.325
Grade of ACR (histological diagnosis)	moderate to severe	4	10	0.325
Humoral rejection		0	2