Better Understanding the Disparity Associated With Black Race in Heart Transplant Outcomes: A National Registry Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Black heart transplant recipients have higher risk of mortality than White recipients. Better understanding of this disparity, including subgroups most affected and timing of the highest risk, is necessary to improve care of Black recipients. We hypothesize that this disparity may be most pronounced among young recipients, as barriers to care like socioeconomic factors may be particularly salient in a younger population and lead to higher early risk of mortality.

Methods

We studied 22 997 adult heart transplant recipients using the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients data from January 2005 to 2017 using Cox regression models adjusted for recipient, donor, and transplant characteristics.

Results

Among recipients aged 18 to 30 years, Black recipients

SUBMITTER: Maredia H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7887117 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature