Figure 1 Flowchart of the inclusion and exclusion criteria
There was no statistical difference in the age and gender composition of the patients in the renal transplant group compared with those in the non-transplant group. There was a difference in vaccination between the two groups, with the vaccination rate in the general population being 67.2%, significantly higher than in the renal transplant group (P < 0.05). In addition, 66.0% of patients in the renal transplant group had hypertension and 24.7% had diabetes mellitus, which were higher than those in the non-renal transplant group (P < 0.05); the proportion of the renal transplant population classified as severe and critical was 15.5%, which was significantly higher than that in the non-renal transplant group (P < 0.05); the proportion of patients with pneumonia was also significantly higher than that in the non-renal transplant group. Baseline patient profiles are shown in Table 1
Table 1 Comparison of basic information between the two groups