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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Transplantation. 2020 Feb;104(2):367–373. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000002778

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