The role of minority geographic distribution in waiting time for deceased donor kidney transplantation.

ABSTRACT: In the US, African Americans and other minority groups have longer wait times to deceased donor kidney transplantation than Caucasians. To date, the role of geographic distribution of racial and ethnic groups as a determinant of wait times has not been fully elucidated. Using the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients database, all registrants for kidney transplant between 2004 and 2007 (n=126,094) were analyzed from time of waitlisting until nonzero antigen mismatched deceased donor kidney transplant. Nationally, deceased donor transplantation occurred at a lower rate for African Americans (hazard ratio [HR] 0.85, confidence interval [CI] 0.83-0.87), Hispanics (HR 0.68, CI 0.66-0.70), Asians/Pacific Islanders (HR 0.77, CI 0.73-0.80) and Other minority groups (HR 0.74, CI 0.69-0.81)

SUBMITTER: Vranic GM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4435953 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature