Table 1.

Baseline sociodemographics for adult kidney transplant recipients transplanted between 2005 and 2009, stratified by race

Variable	Caucasian (n=41,426)	African American (n=19,269)	p-Value
Mean Age (yrs±SD)	51.5±13.8	49.0±12.9	<0.001
Female Gender	37.9%	40.5%	<0.001
Mean Body Mass Index (kg/m2±SD)	27.6±5.4	28.4±5.6	<0.001
Median Functional Status (IQR)	90% (80–90%)	80% (80–90%)	0.002
Education
Below High School	2.6%	3.3%	<0.001
High School Education	43.0%	50.8%
Some College	25.3%	27.5%
College Graduate	29.0%	18.4%
Primary Insurance
Private	48.9%	27.3%	<0.001
Medicare	46.9%	65.7%
Medicaid	4.3%	7.0%
Primary Diagnosis for ESRD
Hypertension	16.0%	41.4%	<0.001
Diabetes	21.8%	22.8%
Other	62.2%	35.8%
Comorbidities
Angina	10.3%	7.7%	<0.001
Diabetes	29.1%	33.3%	<0.001
Cerebrovascular Accident	3.0%	2.9%	0.383
Hypertension	86.0%	92.5%	<0.001
Peripheral Vascular Disease	4.7%	3.1%	<0.001
Receiving Dialysis at Time of Transplant	56.8%	81.3%	<0.001
Median Time on Dialysis (IQR)	2.4 (1.3–4.0)	4.0 (2.4–6.0)	<0.001
Median Time on Wait List (IQR)	1.1 (0.4–2.3)	2.1 (0.9–3.8)	<0.001