Table 1.
Characteristics of primary and retransplantation registrants in the pre- and post-MELD eras
| Pre-MELD era(2000–2001) | Post-MELD era(2003–2006) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary LTx | ReTx | p | Primary LTx | ReTx | p | |
| Number, n (%) | 15,165 (95.7%) | 684 (4.3%) | 28,778 (95.4%) | 1,397 (4.6%) | ||
| Age, years | 51.0 ± 9.5 | 47.4 ± 11.1 | <0.01 | 52.4 ± 9.5 | 48.9 ± 11.0 | <0.01 |
| Male, n (%) | 9,473 (62.5%) | 402 (58.8%) | 0.05 | 18,629 (64.7%) | 898 (64.3%) | 0.73 |
| Race, n (%) | <0.01 | <0.01 | ||||
| African American | 1,065 (7.0%) | 84 (12.3%) | 2,101 (7.3%) | 166 (11.9%) | ||
| Caucasian | 11,408 (75.2%) | 498 (72.8%) | 21,518 (74.8%) | 1,020 (73.0%) | ||
| Hispanic | 2,057 (13.6%) | 80 (11.7%) | 4,030 (14.0%) | 175 (12.5%) | ||
| Other | 635 (4.2%) | 22 (3.2%) | 1,129 (3.9%) | 36(2.6%) | ||
| Blood Group, n (%) | 0.02 | 0.04 | ||||
| A | 5,741 (37.9%) | 281 (41.1%) | 10,949 (38.1%) | 554 (39.6%) | ||
| B | 1,802 (11.9%) | 97 (14.2%) | 3,423 (11.9%) | 162 (11.6%) | ||
| O | 7,042 (46.4%) | 278 (40.6%) | 13,304 (46.2%) | 610 (43.7%) | ||
| AB | 580 (3.8%) | 28 (4.1%) | 1,102 (3.8%) | 71 (5.1%) | ||
| Years since previous LTx | NA | 3.7±3.3 | - | NA | 4.6±4.5 | - |
Data as of the registration date. P values are calculated using the Wilcoxon rank sum test for continuous variables and chi-square test for categorical variables.