TABLE 1.
Demographic traits of the captured samples of Medicare-insured and privately insured living kidney donors
| Medicare-insured living donors, 1987–2008 (N=4,007) | Privately insured living donors, 1987–2007 (N=4,650)a | All living donors in OPTN, 1987–2008 (N=97,453) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Male sex, % | 40.0 | 45.4 | 42.5 |
| Race, % | |||
| White (non-Hispanic) | 83.4 | 76.3 | 71.1 |
| African American (non-Hispanic) | 8.1 | 13.1 | 12.7 |
| Hispanic | 5.7 | 8.2 | 11.9 |
| Other | 2.8 | 2.4 | 4.3 |
| Related to recipient, % | 65.3 | 81.2 | 73.6 |
| Age at donor nephrectomy, mean (SD), yr | 54.8 (10.7) | 37.2 (10.0) | 39.3 (11.0) |
| Age at nephrectomy by race, mean (SD), yr | |||
| White (non-Hispanic) | 56.0 (9.9) | 38.2 (10.0) | 40.6 (10.9) |
| African American (non-Hispanic) | 46.0 (12.5) | 33.9 (9.0) | 35.6 (9.8) |
| Hispanic | 50.2 (10.9) | 34.3 (9.6) | 35.8 (10.4) |
| Other | 54.6 (11.0) | 34.8 (10.8) | 37.9 (11.3) |
| Time from donation to end of insurance eligibility, median, yr | 6.0 | 7.7 | — |
| Duration of insurance eligibility, median, yr | 2.1 | 2.1 | — |
a
As previously described in Lentine et al. (6).