Short Report: Race and Ethnicity Misclassification in Kidney Transplantation Research.

ABSTRACT: Recently, the misuse of race as a biological variable, rather than a social construct, in biomedical research has received national attention for its contributions to medical bias. In national transplant registry data, bias may arise from measurement imprecision because of the collection of provider-perceived race rather than patients' own self-report.

Methods

We linked Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients data to a prospective, multicenter cohort study of adult kidney transplant patients (December 2008-February 2020) that collects patient-reported race. We computed Cohen's kappa statistic to estimate agreement between provider-perceived and patient-reported race in the 2 data sources. We used an unadjusted generalized linear model to examine changes in agreement over time.<

SUBMITTER: Kernodle AB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9529064 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature