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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Transplant. 2013 Jun 3;13(7):1769–1781. doi: 10.1111/ajt.12299

Table 2B.

Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Patients who Received a Deceased Donor Preemptive Kidney Transplant by Race/Ethnicity

All Patients with DD Preemptive Transplant N=370 Preemptively Transplanted with Deceased Donor, N (%) P-value
White 203 (54.9%) Hispanic 101 (27.3%) Black 66 (17.8%)
Age, Mean (SD), yrs 10.7 ± 5.0 11.1 ± 5.0 10.0 ± 5.1 10.5 ± 4.9 0.3957
Age Category, N (%), yrs 0.3906
 0–5 yrs 75 (20.3%) 38 (18.7%) 25 (24.8%) 12 (18.2%)
 6–10 yrs 84 (22.7%) 40 (19.7%) 25 (24.8%) 19 (28.8%)
 11–17 yrs 211 (57.0%) 125 (61.6%) 51 (50.5%) 35 (53.0%)
Female, N (%) 117 (31.6%) 69 (34.0%) 31 (30.7%) 17 (25.8%) 0.4456
Cause of ESRD, N (%) 0.0820
 GN1 11 (3.0%) 2 (1.0%) 5 (5.0%) 4 (6.1%)
 Secondary GN 1 (0.3%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 1 (1.5%)
 Cystic/hereditary 222 (60.0%) 141 (69.5%) 51 (50.5%) 30 (45.4%)
 FSGS2 23 (6.2%) 10 (4.9%) 5 (5.0%) 8 (12.1%)
 Lupus nephritis 1 (0.3%) 0 (0%) 1 (1.0%) 0 (0%)
 Other 112 (30.3%) 50 (24.6%) 39 (38.6%) 23 (34.9%)
Organ Procurement Organization Region 0.6768
 1 11 (3.0%) 6 (3.0%) 2 (2.0%) 3 (4.6%)
 2 56 (15.1%) 38 (18.7%) 7 (6.9%) 11 (16.7%)
 3 42 (11.4%) 18 (8.9%) 13 (12.9%) 11 (16.7%)
 4 30 (8.1%) 11 (5.4%) 16 (15.8%) 3 (4.6%)
 5 74 (20.0%) 25 (12.3%) 45 (44.6%) 4 (6.1%)
 6 9 (2.4%) 9 (4.4%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
 7 33 (8.9%) 22 (10.8%) 4 (4.0%) 7 (10.6%)
 8 19 (5.1%) 17 (8.4%) 1 (1.0%) 1 (1.5%)
 9 30 (8.1%) 13 (6.4%) 9 (8.9%) 8 (12.1%)
 10 20 (5.4%) 18 (8.9%) 1 (1.0%) 1 (1.5%)
 11 46 (12.4%) 26 (12.8%) 3 (3.0%) 17 (25.8%)
Health Insurance Coverage <0.0001
 Public 195 (52.7%) 83 (40.9%) 74 (73.3%) 38 (57.6%)
 Private 125 (33.8%) 102 (50.3%) 12 (11.9%) 11 (16.7%)
 Other 45 (12.2%) 15 (7.4%) 13 (12.9%) 17 (25.8%)
 None 5 (1.4%) 3 (1.5%) 2 (2.0%) 0 (0%)
Clinical and Demographic Characteristics
BMI > 85% 4 30 (8.1%) 14 (6.9%) 13 (12.9%) 3 (4.6%) 0.1003
Albumin ≥ 3.5 g/dL 120 (32.4%) 55 (27.1%) 40 (39.6%) 25 (37.9%) 0.0522
Hgb ≥ 11g/dL 250 (67.6%) 148 (72.9%) 61 (60.4%) 41 (62.1%) 0.1205
Pre-dialysis ESA5 187 (50.5%) 108 (53.2%) 47 (46.5%) 32 (48.5%) 0.5129
Neighborhood Characteristics
Neighborhood Poverty (% zip below poverty) <0.0001
 0–4.9% 57 (15.4%) 47 (23.2%) 7 (6.9%) 3 (4.6%)
 5–9.9% 112 (30.3%) 78 (38.4%) 18 (17.8%) 16 (24.2%)
 10–14.9% 64 (17.3%) 35 (17.2%) 17 (16.8%) 12 (18.2%)
 15–19.9% 47 (12.7%) 19 (9.4%) 17 (16.8%) 11 (16.7%)
 > 20% 90 (24.3%) 24 (11.8%) 42 (41.6%) 24 (36.4%)
Residential Urban Commuting Area 0.0057
 Urban 291 (78.7%) 146 (71.9%) 90 (89.1%) 55 (83.3%)
 Rural 79 (21.4%) 57 (28.1%) 11 (10.9%) 11 (16.7%)
1

Glomerulonephritis

2

Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis

3

Post-Sept. 2005 vs. Pre-Sept. 2005

4

Body Mass Index

5

Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agent

p-values < 0.05 for each variable indicate that at least one variable level is significantly different across racial/ethnic groups.