Table 4.

Differences in Post-transplant Morbidity Among Children of Different Races/Ethnicities Undergoing Transplantation in the Current Era

	African American		Caucasian		Hispanic		Asian		Other
Factor	n	Median (P25, P75) or n (%)	n	Median (P25, P75) or n (%)	n	Median (P25, P75) or n (%)	n	Median (P25, P75) or N (%)	n	Median (P25, P75) or n (%)	p-value
Stroke	558	18 (3.2)	1491	49 (3.3)	565	27 (4.8)	122	8 (6.6)	96	3 (3.1)	0.22^d
Dialysis	563	44 (7.8)	1507	91 (6.0)	570	43 (7.5)	124	8 (6.5)	98	4 (4.1)	0.42^c
Chest drain >2 weeks	192	23 (12.0)	489	53 (10.8)	174	17 (9.8)	33	3 (9.1)	23	3 (13.0)	0.94^d
Permanent pacemaker	561	3 (0.5)	1497	17 (1.1)	569	4 (0.7)	123	0 (0)	96	1 (1.0)	0.59^d
Cardiac reoperation	200	19 (9.5)	515	44 (8.5)	180	17 (9.4)	38	5 (13.2)	24	2 (8.3)	0.85^d
Length of stay	559	21.0 (14.0, 36.0)	1506	19.0 (12.0, 36.0)	569	19.0 (13.0, 34.0)	124	20.5 (14.0, 36.0)	98	21.0 (14.0, 40.0)	0.33^b
Acute rejection episodes prior to discharge	563	78 (13.9)	1509	230 (15.2)	570	74 (13.0)	125	20 (16.0)	98	9 (9.2)	0.36^c
Acute rejection episodes in the first 3 years	492	180 (36.6)^#§	1279	352 (27.5)^*	497	122 (24.5)^*	89	20 (22.5)	88	28 (31.8)	<*0.001*^c
Hospitalized for rejection in the first 3 years	337	105 (31.2)^#§	797	171 (21.5)^*	320	65 (20.3)^*	45	12 (26.7)	59	15 (25.4)	*0.005* ^c
Hospitalized for infection in the first 3 years	336	192 (57.1)	796	455 (57.2)	320	197 (61.6)	45	22 (48.9)	59	38 (64.4)	0.34^c

P values:

^b,

Kruskal-Wallis test;

^c,

Pearson χ² test;

^d,

Fisher exact test.

Significantly different from African American.

Significantly different from Caucasian.

^§

Significantly different from Hispanic.

^¶

Significantly different from Asian.

^Ω

Significantly different from Other.

Boldface P values, statistically significant (P < 0.05).