Racial differences in renal replacement therapy initiation among children with a nonglomerular cause of chronic kidney disease.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

African American (AA) adults with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have a faster progression to end-stage renal disease and are less likely to receive a kidney transplant. It is unclear whether AA children experience renal replacement therapy (RRT) for end-stage renal disease sooner than non-AA children after accounting for socioeconomic status (SES).

Methods

Among children with nonglomerular CKD in the Chronic Kidney Disease in Children study, we investigated time to RRT (i.e., first dialysis or transplant) after CKD onset using parametric survival models and accounted for SES differences by inverse probability weights.

Results

Of 110 AA and 493 non-AA children (median age = 10 years), AA children had shorter time to first RRT: median time was 3.2 years earlier t

SUBMITTER: Ng DK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5110248 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature