Racial-ethnic disparities in mortality and kidney transplant outcomes among pediatric dialysis patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous studies in adult hemodialysis patients have shown that African-American and Hispanic patients have a lower risk of mortality in addition to a lower likelihood of kidney transplantation. However, studies of the association between race and outcomes in pediatric dialysis are sparse and often do not examine outcomes in Hispanic children. The objective was to determine if racial-ethnic disparities in mortality and kidney transplantation outcomes exist in pediatric dialysis patients.

Methods

This was a retrospective cohort analysis of 2,697 pediatric dialysis patients (aged 0-20 years) from a large national dialysis organization (entry period 2001-2011) of non-Hispanic white, African-American, and Hispanic race-ethnicity. Associations between race-ethnicity wi

SUBMITTER: Laster M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5392236 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature