The intersection of race and ethnicity, gender, and primary diagnosis on lung transplantation outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Reducing racial disparities in lung transplant outcomes is a current priority of providers, policymakers, and lung transplant centers. It is unknown how the combined effect of race and ethnicity, gender, and diagnosis group is associated with differences in 1-year mortality and 5-year survival.

Methods

This is a longitudinal cohort study using Standard Transplant Analysis Research files from the United Network for organ sharing. A total of 25,444 patients undergoing first time lung transplantation between 2006 and 2019 in the United States. The primary exposures were lung transplant recipient race and ethnicity, gender, and primary diagnosis group at listing. Multivariable regression models and cox-proportional hazards models were used to determine adjusted 1-year

SUBMITTER: Bonner SN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11258797 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature