Table 2.
Participant reported reasons relatives could not donate a kidney to them.
| Reported Reason Potential Donor not Suitable for Donation | White n = 1027, n (%) |
Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Group n = 171, n (%) |
White vs. Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Group Chi2 p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age—too old or too young to donate | 562 (54.8) | 94 (55.0) | 0.96 |
| Health—not healthy enough to donate | 648 (63.2) | 109 (63.7) | 0.88 |
| Weight—too over or underweight to donate | 152 (14.8) | 30 (17.5) | 0.36 |
| Location—they live too far away to be able to donate | 188 (18.3) | 72 (42.1) | <0.001 |
| Financial/cost—the financial impact of donation would be too much | 98 (9.6) | 40 (23.4) | <0.001 |
| Job—not able to take the time off work to donate | 106 (10.3) | 29 (17.0) | <0.001 |
| Blood group—not the right blood group to donate | 199 (19.4) | 51 (29.8) | 0.002 |
| No-one to care for them after donation | 63 (6.1) | 32 (18.7) | <0.001 |