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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Sep 8.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Transplant. 2025 Feb;25(2 Suppl 1):S22–S137. doi: 10.1016/j.ajt.2025.01.020

Table KI 2: Clinical characteristics of adults on the kidney transplant waiting list on December 31, 2013, December 31, 2018, and December 31, 2023.

Candidates waiting for transplant on December 31 of the given year, regardless of first listing date. Diabetes status based on diagnosis and comorbid conditions. Missing cPRA indicates no unacceptable antigens were reported. cPRA, calculated panel-reactive antibody.

2013
2018
2023
Characteristic N Percent N Percent N Percent

Diagnosis
 Diabetes 36385 34.7 38060 37.6 37205 39.2
 Hypertension 25699 24.5 21971 21.7 19218 20.3
 Glomerulonephritis 15239 14.6 14753 14.6 12709 13.4
 Cystic kidney disease 8704 8.3 8957 8.9 8205 8.7
 Other/unknown 18687 17.8 17424 17.2 17464 18.4
 NA 1 0 1 0 0 0
Blood type
 A 29989 28.6 27731 27.4 25343 26.7
 AB 2877 2.7 2596 2.6 2288 2.4
 B 17120 16.3 16915 16.7 15292 16.1
 0 54729 52.3 53924 53.3 51878 54.7
cPRA
 <1% or missing 64808 61.9 62394 61.7 56463 59.6
 1-<20% 7821 7.5 9615 9.5 9986 10.5
 20-<80% 15337 14.6 16479 16.3 18068 19.1
 80-<98% 6970 6.7 5917 5.8 4611 4.9
 98–100% 9779 9.3 6761 6.7 5673 6
All candidates
 All candidates 104715 100 101166 100 94801 100