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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Transplantation. 2020 Aug;104(8):1627–1632. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000003079

Table 2:

Median PELD/MELD score at transplant using acuity circles (AC) and DSA/Region-based (DSA) allocation schemes for all candidates and number of individuals transplanted with Status 1A and 1B exception. Data represent mean (minimum, maximum).

Median PELD/MELD at transplant Number of Status 1A transplants Number of Status 1B transplants
Age group AC* DSA** P AC DSA P AC DSA P
Infant 29 (28, 30) 30 (30, 31) 0.01 83 (69, 95) 75 (67, 83) 0.004 115 (94, 130) 117 (100, 131) 0.4
Child 26 (24, 28) 29 (28, 30) <0.001 90 (76, 103) 80 (67, 92) <0.001 97 (88, 108) 103 (92, 114) 0.006
Teenager 26 (25, 27) 31 (30, 32) <0.001 75 (62, 88) 60 (51, 69) <0.001 23 (17, 29) 27 (18, 36) 0.02
Adult 32 (32, 33) 30 (29, 30) <0.001 758 (704, 795) 643 (593, 697) <0.001 -- -- --