The effect of race coefficients on preemptive listing for kidney transplantation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Race coefficients of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) formulas may be partially responsible for racial inequality in preemptive listing for kidney transplantation.

Methods

We used the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients database to evaluate differences in racial distribution of preemptive listing before and after application of the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) and the Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) race coefficients to all preemptively listed non-Black kidney transplant candidates (eGFR modulation). Odds of preemptive listing were calculated by race, with Black as the reference before and after eGFR modulation. Variables known to influence preemptive listing were included in the model.

Results

SUBMITTER: Abate M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9050544 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature