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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Transplant. 2018 Sep 15;32(10):e13386. doi: 10.1111/ctr.13386

Table 2.

Kidney Transplant Recipient and Allograft Characteristics, Stratified by Preemptive Listing Status and Transplant in Pre- or Post- Kidney Allocation System Period

Pre-KAS
December 4, 2011-December 3, 2014
Post-KAS
December 4, 2014-December 3, 2017
Not Preemptively Listed Preemptively Listed p-valuea Not Preemptively Listed Preemptively Listed p-valueb
22844 7282 28845 6414
Race/Ethnicity <0.001 <0.001
   White 8455 (37.0%) 4405 (60.5%) 9109 (31.6%) 3684 (57.4%)
   Black 8112 (35.5%) 1559 (21.4%) 11094 (38.5%) 1398 (21.8%)
   Hispanic 4212 (18.4%) 653 (9.0%) 5885 (20.4%) 709 (11.1%)
   Other 2065 (9.0%) 665 (9.1%) 2757 (9.6%) 623 (9.7%)
Age (years) 55.0 (44.0, 63.0) 58.0 (49.0, 65.0) <0.001 53.0 (42.0, 62.0) 57.0 (46.0, 65.0) <0.001
Sex <0.001 <0.001
   Female 8608 (37.7%) 3227 (44.3%) 11117 (38.5%) 3133 (48.8%)
   Male 14236 (62.3%) 4055 (55.7%) 17728 (61.5%) 3281 (51.2%)
Waiting Time (from Listing to Transplant) <0.001 <0.001
   <1 Year 5627 (24.6%) 1094 (15.0%) 10708 (37.1%) 1339 (20.9%)
   1–2.9 Years 8208 (35.9%) 2715 (37.3%) 8809 (30.5%) 1865 (29.1%)
   >3 Years 9009 (39.4%) 3473 (47.7%) 9328 (32.3%) 3210 (50.0%)
Prior Donor 0.022 <0.001
   No 22772 (99.7%) 7245 (99.5%) 28781 (99.8%) 6355 (99.1%)
   Yes 71 (0.3%) 36 (0.5%) 58 (0.2%) 57 (0.9%)
Missing 1 (<1%) 1 (<1%) 6 (<1%) 2 (<1%)
Private Insurance <0.001 <0.001
   No 15059 (65.9%) 2574 (35.3%) 20923 (72.5%) 2319 (36.2%)
   Yes 7784 (34.1%) 4705 (64.6%) 7919 (27.5%) 4093 (63.8%)
Missing 1 (<1%) 3 (<1%) 3 (<1%) 2 (<1%)
Education <0.001 <0.001
   Less than High School 1923 (8.4%) 274 (3.8%) 2448 (8.5%) 235 (3.7%)
   High School Graduate 15676 (68.6%) 4532 (62.2%) 19732 (68.4%) 3935 (61.4%)
   College Graduate or Higher 4576 (20.0%) 2237 (30.7%) 5854 (20.3%) 2047 (31.9%)
   Missing/Unknown 669 (2.9%) 239 (3.3%) 811 (2.8%) 197 (3.1%)
KDPI 0.26 <0.001
   >20 18454 (80.8%) 5836 (80.1%) 23519 (81.5%) 4884 (76.1%)
   <20 4369 (19.1%) 1436 (19.7%) 5325 (18.5%) 1530 (23.9%)
Missing 21 (0.1%) 10 (0.1%) 1 (<1%) 0 (0.0%)
Zero Antigen Mismatch 1796 (7.9%) 731 (10.0%) <0.001 1177 (4.1%) 549 (8.6%) <0.001
Prior Transplant 2846 (12.5%) 1024 (14.1%) <0.001 4197 (14.6%) 1018 (15.9%) 0.007
Diabetic <0.001 <0.001
   No 13832 (60.5%) 4993 (68.6%) 18334 (63.6%) 4689 (73.1%)
   Yes 8962 (39.2%) 2261 (31.0%) 10484 (36.3%) 1716 (26.8%)
Missing 50 (0.2%) 28 (0.4%) 27 (0.1%) 9 (0.1%)
BMI Category (kg/m2) <0.001 0.003
   18.5–24.9 6193 (27.1%) 2019 (27.7%) 8420 (29.2%) 1859 (29.0%)
   <18.5 384 (1.7%) 95 (1.3%) 493 (1.7%) 115 (1.8%)
   25–29.9 7757 (34.0%) 2516 (34.6%) 9589 (33.2%) 2218 (34.6%)
   30–39.9 8039 (35.2%) 2552 (35.0%) 9889 (34.3%) 2159 (33.7%)
   >40 471 (2.1%) 100 (1.4%) 454 (1.6%) 63 (1.0%)
HIV Positive <0.001 <0.001
   No 21062 (92.2%) 6788 (93.2%) 27476 (95.3%) 6211 (96.8%)
   Yes 226 (1.0%) 25 (0.3%) 499 (1.7%) 29 (0.5%)
Unknown 1556 (6.8%) 469 (6.4%) 870 (3.0%) 174 (2.7%)
HCV Positive <0.001 <0.001
   No 21475 (94.0%) 7008 (96.2%) 26843 (93.1%) 6058 (94.4%)
   Yes 1263 (5.5%) 239 (3.3%) 1920 (6.7%) 333 (5.2%)
Unknown 106 (0.5%) 35 (0.5%) 82 (0.3%) 23 (0.4%)
Blood Group <0.001 <0.001
   A 7849 (34.4%) 2731 (37.5%) 9604 (33.3%) 2513 (39.2%)
   A1 251 (1.1%) 87 (1.2%) 287 (1.0%) 62 (1.0%)
   A1B 22 (0.1%) 6 (0.1%) 32 (0.1%) 14 (0.2%)
   A2 36 (0.2%) 21 (0.3%) 32 (0.1%) 11 (0.2%)
   A2B 6 (<1%) 0 (0.0%) 9 (<1%) 4 (0.1%)
   AB 1165 (5.1%) 405 (5.6%) 1418 (4.9%) 415 (6.5%)
   B 3037 (13.3%) 885 (12.2%) 3908 (13.5%) 836 (13.0%)
   O 10478 (45.9%) 3147 (43.2%) 13555 (47.0%) 2559 (39.9%)
Calculated PRA 0.0 (0.0, 44.0) 0.0 (0.0, 41.0) 0.57 0.0 (0.0, 59.0) 0.0 (0.0, 70.0) <0.001




Abbreviations: KAS—kidney allocation system; ECD—expanded criteria donor; DCD—donation after circulatory determination of death; cPRA—calculated panel reactive antibody

Values presented as median (interquartile range) and n (%)

a

p-values comparing non-missing data from Chi-Square Tests and Wilcoxon Rank Sum Tests, as appropriate among recipients in pre-KAS period

b

p-values comparing non-missing data from Chi-Square Tests and Wilcoxon Rank Sum Tests, as appropriate among recipients in post-KAS period