Table 1.
Recipient, donor, transplant, and center characteristics for pediatric (<18 years old) kidney, liver, and simultaneous liver-kidney (SLK) transplants performed between 1987–2012.
| RECIPIENT | KIDNEY n= 17,446 |
LIVER n= 12,161 |
SLK n=224 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean Age (years) (SD) | 11.6 (5.1) | 5.4 (5.6) | 9.6 (5.3) | |
| Female Sex | 40.8% | 52.2% | 52.7% | |
| Race | ||||
| Caucasian | 57.7% | 57.7% | 63.8% | |
| African American | 18.6% | 17.9% | 9.8% | |
| Other | 23.7% | 24.3% | 26.4% | |
| Public Insurance | 64.1% | 56.1% | 54.3% | |
| Etiology of Disease | Kidney | Liver | ||
| FSGS | 10.4% | 1.3% | ||
| Other glomerular diseases | 14.3% | 3.1% | ||
| CAKUT | 34.9% | 25.9% | ||
| Other/missing | 40.4% | 27.9% | 69.6% | 45.5% |
| Biliary atresia | 42.9% | 4.0% | ||
| Metabolic disease | 11.9% | 45.5% | ||
| Acute hepatic necrosis | 12.6% | 2.7% | ||
| Malignancy | 4.7% | 2.2% | ||
| Previous Transplant | ||||
| Kidney | 11.4% | 0.2% | 15.6% | |
| Liver | 0.4% | 14.5% | 8.5% | |
| Simultaneous Kidney Liver | 0.1% | 0.1% | 2.7% | |
| DONOR | ||||
| Mean Age (years) (SD) | 29.8 (12.7) | 14.6 (14.7) | 14.5 (12.4) | |
| Race | ||||
| Caucasian | 68.5% | 66.5% | 66.5% | |
| African American | 12.7% | 15.8% | 16.1% | |
| Other | 18.8% | 17.7% | 17.4% | |
| Living Donor | 48.7% | 11.6% | 0.0% | |
| TRANSPLANT | ||||
| HLA Mismatch | ||||
| 0 | 4.2% | 0.5% | 0.0% | |
| 1–3 | 51.4% | 19.3% | 12.8% | |
| 4–6 | 44.4% | 80.2% | 87.2% | |
SD=standard deviation; FSGS=focal segmental glomerulosclerosis; CAKUT=congenital anomalies of the kidneys and urinary tract; HLA=human leukocyte antigen