Table 1.
Characteristics of 3,255 kidney transplant (KT) evaluation candidates by SPPB impairment status (≤ 10).
| No SPPB impairment (n = 1,495) |
SPPB impairment (n = 1,760) |
p value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, years | 49.9 (14.1) | 57.4 (12.2) | <0.001 |
| Female, % | 39.3 | 41.5 | 0.19 |
| Ethnicity, % | 0.01 | ||
| African-American | 41.5 | 47.4 | |
| Non African American | 58.6 | 52.6 | |
| Charlson comorbidity index | 1.3 (1.9) | 2.1 (2.5) | <0.001 |
| Current smoker, % | 10.1 | 13.1 | 0.01 |
| Ever smoker, % | 28.1 | 38.8 | <0.001 |
| Time on dialysis, years | 1.5 (2.8) | 1.6 (3.2) | 0.55 |
| Hemodialysis, % | 49.7 | 58.9 | <0.001 |
| Preemptive transplant, % | 36.9 | 30.9 | <0.001 |