Table 3.
Demographics and psychosocial factors among patients based on final listing decision
Demographic | Final List | Final Denial | p-value |
---|---|---|---|
N | 208 | 157 | |
Age (mean (sd)) | 60.0 (9.8) | 61.8 (9.5) | 0.08 |
Male | 199 (95.7%) | 153 (97.5%) | 0.36 |
Race/ethnicity | |||
White | 124 (59.6%) | 86 (54.8%) | |
Black/African American | 60 (28.9%) | 56 (35.7%) | 0.33 |
Hispanic | 20 (9.6%) | 10 (6.4%) | |
Other | 4 (1.9%) | 5 (3.2%) | |
BMI (mean (sd)) | 29.5 (4.2) | 30.6 (5.1) | 0.0146 |
HTN | 200 (96.2%) | 155 (98.7%) | 0.20 |
DM | 122 (58.9%) | 110 (70.1%) | 0.0288 |
LoT dialysis (median (IQR)) | 587 (227-1297) | 500 (249-1185) | 0.57 |
Current Smoking | 13 (6.3%) | 12 (7.6%) | 0.60 |
Previous Smoking | 138 (66.4%) | 118 (75.2%) | 0.07 |
Psychosocial Factors | |||
No psychiatric diagnosis | 114 (54.8%) | 68 (43.3%) | 0.0118 |
All psychiatric diagnoses† | 94 (45.2%) | 89 (56.7%) | 0.0297 |
All psychiatric diagnoses on psychoactive meds | 47 (22.6%) | 45 (28.7%) | 0.19 |
All anxiety spectrum‡ | 31 (14.9%) | 28 (17.8%) | 0.45 |
Depression | 54 (26.0%) | 61 (38.9%) | 0.0087 |
PTSD | 36 (17.3%) | 37 (23.6%) | 0.14 |
Schizophrenia/schizoaffective | 2 (1.0%) | 2 (1.3%) | > .99 |
Bipolar | 7 (3.4%) | 1 (0.6%) | 0.14 |
Personality disorder spectrum* | 6 (2.9%) | 8 (5.1%) | 0.28 |
Other psychiatric diagnoses | 12 (5.8%) | 11 (7.0%) | 0.79 |
Alcohol abuse history | 87 (41.8%) | 63 (40.1%) | 0.74 |
Illicit drug | 76 (36.5%) | 70 (44.6%) | 0.12 |
Cognitive impairment | 27 (13.0%) | 47 (29.9%) | 0.0001 |
Adherence issues | 27 (13.0%) | 63 (40.1%) | <0.0001 |
BMI, body mass index; HTN, hypertension; DM, diabetes mellitus; LoT dialysis, length of time on dialysis prior to date of transplant evaluation; PTSD, posttraumatic stress disorder
All patients with psychiatric diagnoses
Includes patients with anxiety, panic, and obsessive-compulsive disorders
Includes patients with anger management, borderline, antisocial and unclassified personality disorders