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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Transplantation. 2018 Apr;102(4):609–615. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000001984

Table 3. SLK-eligible candidate demographics and characteristics.

Among 4,736 adult SLK-eligible candidates between June 18, 2013 and February 28, 2017, 67.4% were listed for SLK.

Listed SLK-eligible candidates
(N=3,191)
Unlisted SLK-eligible candidates
(N=1,545)
p value
Age, median (IQR) 59 (53–63) 62 (57–66) <0.001
Male (%) 61.4 49.7 <0.001
African American (%) 15.1 4.5 <0.001
MELD, median (IQR)* 22 (20–25) 23 (20–28) <0.001
Exception points (%)* 10.8 14.8 <0.001
eGFR, median (IQR)* 16.6 (9.6–24.9) 25.6 (20.6–28.4) <0.001
Prior transplant (%) 11.3 6.1 <0.001
Diabetes (%) 50.6 43.0 <0.001
Hypertension (%) 41.2 23.4 <0.001
*

These time-varying characteristics were obtained at eligibility.