Socioeconomic Status and Major Adverse Transplant Events in Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Low socioeconomic status (SES) has been associated with higher risk of rejection and graft loss in pediatric heart transplant (HT) recipients. The association of SES with other posttransplant morbidities is unknown.

Objective

To assess whether low SES is associated with higher risk of a major adverse transplant event (MATE) among pediatric HT recipients.

Design, setting, and participants

Retrospective single-center cohort study at a children's hospital in Boston with consecutive primary HT recipients from 2006 to 2019 and follow-up through 2022. Data were analyzed from June 2023 to March 2024.

Exposure

Very low or low, moderate, and high or very high Childhood Opportunity Index (COI) for neighborhood (census tract) of patient residence.

Main outco

SUBMITTER: Hartje-Dunn C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11450513 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature