Liver transplant waitlist removal, transplantation rates and post-transplant survival in Hispanics.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Hispanics are the fastest growing population in the USA, and our objective was to determine their waitlist mortality rates, liver transplantation (LT) rates and post-LT outcomes.

Methods

All adults listed for LT with the UNOS from 2002 to 2018 were included. Competing risk analysis was performed to assess the association between ethnic group with waitlist removal due to death/deterioration and transplantation. For sensitivity analysis, Hispanics were matched 1:1 to Non-Hispanics using propensity scores, and outcomes of interest were compared in matched cohort.

Results

During this period, total of 154,818 patients who listed for liver transplant were involved in this study, of them 23,223 (15%) were Hispanics, 109,653 (71%) were Whites, 13,020

SUBMITTER: Thuluvath PJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7774861 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature