Evaluation of Community-Level Vulnerability and Racial Disparities in Living Donor Kidney Transplant.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Living donor kidney transplant (LDKT) is the ideal treatment for end-stage kidney disease, but racial disparities in LDKT have increased over the last 2 decades. Recipient clinical and social factors do not account for LDKT racial inequities, although comprehensive measures of community-level vulnerability have not been assessed.

Objective

To determine if racial disparities persist in LDKT independent of community-level vulnerability.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective, multicenter, cross-sectional study included data from 19 287 adult kidney-only transplant recipients in the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients. The study included individuals who underwent transplant between January 1 and December 31, 2018.

Exposures

Recipi

SUBMITTER: Killian AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8444059 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature