Sex Disparity in Deceased-Donor Kidney Transplant Access by Cause of Kidney Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Women with kidney failure have lower access to kidney transplantation compared with men, but the magnitude of this disparity may not be uniform across all kidney diseases. We hypothesized that the attributed cause of kidney failure may modify the magnitude of the disparities in transplant access by sex.

Design, setting, participants, & measurements

We performed a retrospective cohort study of adults who developed kidney failure between 2005 and 2017 according to the United States Renal Data System. We used adjusted Cox models to examine the association between sex and either access to waitlist registration or deceased-donor kidney transplantation, and tested for interaction between sex and the attributed cause of kidney failure using adjusted models

SUBMITTER: Ahearn P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7863650 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature