Table 2. Clinical and Demographic Characteristics of Heart Transplant Recipients, by Age and Race.
Cells include # (%) unless otherwise specified.
| Black Recipients | Non-Black Recipients | All Recipients | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age categories | 18–30 | 31–40 | 41–60 | 61–80 | 18–30 | 31–40 | 41–60 | 61–80 | |
| n | 514 | 593 | 2,559 | 928 | 1,274 | 1,494 | 9,106 | 6,529 | 22,997 |
| Age* | 25 (21, 28) | 36 (34, 39) | 52 (47, 56) | 64 (62, 67) | 24 (21, 27) | 36 (34, 39) | 54 (49, 57) | 65 (63, 67) | 56 (46, 62) |
| Female | 201 (39.1) | 215 (36.3) | 825 (32.2) | 304 (32.8) | 489 (38.4) | 522 (34.9) | 2,103 (23.1) | 1,112 (17.0) | 5,771 (25.1) |
| Insurance Type | |||||||||
| Medicaid insurance | 257 (50.0) | 182 (30.7) | 430 (16.8) | 60 (6.5) | 342 (26.8) | 270 (18.1) | 997 (10.9) | 246 (3.8) | 2,784 (12.1) |
| Medicare insurance | 70 (13.6) | 168 (28.3) | 907 (35.4) | 521 (56.1) | 126 (9.9) | 260 (17.4) | 2,171 (23.8) | 3,423 (52.4) | 7,646 (33.2) |
| Private insurance | 162 (31.5) | 213 (35.9) | 1,105 (43.2) | 308 (33.2) | 719 (56.4) | 902 (60.4) | 5,623 (61.8) | 2,649 (40.6) | 11,681 (50.8) |
| Other | 25 (4.9) | 30 (5.1) | 117 (4.6) | 39 (4.2) | 87 (6.8) | 62 (4.1) | 315 (3.5) | 211 (3.2) | 886 (3.9) |
| College education | 186 (36.2) | 261 (44.0) | 1,128 (44.1) | 448 (48.3) | 554 (43.5) | 788 (52.7) | 4,359 (47.9) | 3,533 (54.1) | 11,257 (48.9) |
| Body mass index* | 26.3 (22.2, 31.4) | 28.4 (24.2, 32.7) | 27.7 (24.1, 31.6) | 26.4 (23.4, 29.7) | 23.9 (20.6, 28.6) | 26.2 (22.6, 30.5) | 27.3 (24.0, 30.9) | 26.6 (23.8, 29.7) | 26.9 (23.6, 30.5) |
| Diagnosis | |||||||||
| Cardiomyopathy | 479 (93.2) | 575 (97.0) | 2,445 (95.5) | 866 (93.3) | 1,003 (78.7) | 1,269 (84.9) | 8,255 (90.7) | 5,959 (91.3) | 20,851 (90.7) |
| Ischemic dilated† | 17 (3.3) | 39 (6.6) | 531 (20.8) | 288 (31.0) | 32 (2.5) | 170 (11.4) | 3,520 (38.7) | 3,564 (54.6) | 8,161 (35.5) |
| Non-ischemic dilated† | 444 (86.4) | 523 (88.2) | 1,828 (71.4) | 514 (55.4) | 853 (67.0) | 990 (66.3) | 4,208 (46.2) | 2,149 (32.9) | 11,509 (50.0) |
| Restrictive† | 5 (1.0) | 4 (0.7) | 68 (2.7) | 58 (6.2) | 37 (2.9) | 37 (2.5) | 266 (2.9) | 169 (2.6) | 644 (2.8) |
| Hypertrophic† | 13 (2.5) | 9 (1.5) | 18 (0.7) | 6 (0.6) | 81 (6.4) | 72 (4.8) | 261 (2.9) | 77 (1.2) | 537 (2.3) |
| Congenital heart disease | 21 (4.1) | 7 (1.2) | 17 (0.7) | 2 (0.2) | 231 (18.1) | 154 (10.3) | 190 (2.1) | 33 (0.5) | 655 (2.8) |
| Coronary heart disease | 1 (0.2) | 2 (0.3) | 39 (1.5) | 45 (4.8) | 8 (0.6) | 27 (1.8) | 386 (4.2) | 368 (5.6) | 876 (3.8) |
| Other | 13 (2.5) | 9 (1.5) | 58 (2.3) | 15 (1.6) | 32 (2.5) | 44 (2.9) | 275 (3.0) | 169 (2.6) | 615 (2.7) |
| Status 1A (%) | 337 (65.6) | 366 (61.7) | 1,470 (57.4) | 515 (55.5) | 774 (60.8) | 864 (57.8) | 4,968 (54.6) | 3,436 (52.6) | 12,730 (55.4) |
| PAP,* mmHg | 29 (21, 36) | 30 (22, 37) | 29 (22, 36) | 28 (22, 35) | 27 (19, 35) | 26 (19, 35) | 27 (20, 35) | 26 (20, 34) | 27 (20, 35) |
| Creatinine,* mg/dL | 1.0 (0.8, 1.3) | 1.2 (1.0, 1.4) | 1.3 (1.0, 1.6) | 1.3 (1.1, 1.6) | 0.9 (0.7, 1.1) | 1.0 (0.8, 1.3) | 1.1 (0.9, 1.4) | 1.2 (1.0, 1.5) | 1.2 (0.9, 1.5) |
| Bilirubin,* mg/dL | 0.9 (0.5, 1.5) | 0.8 (0.5, 1.3) | 0.7 (0.5, 1.2) | 0.7 (0.5, 1.1) | 0.8 (0.5, 1.4) | 0.8 (0.5, 1.2) | 0.8 (0.5, 1.2) | 0.8 (0.5, 1.2) | 0.8 (0.5, 1.2) |
| Diabetes mellitus | 39 (7.6) | 77 (13.0) | 716 (28.0) | 332 (35.8) | 36 (2.8) | 164 (11.0) | 2,327 (25.6) | 2,102 (32.2) | 5,793 (25.2) |
| Hypertension | 139 (27.0) | 235 (39.6) | 1,180 (46.1) | 472 (50.9) | 247 (19.4) | 387 (25.9) | 3,612 (39.7) | 2,847 (43.6) | 9,119 (39.7) |
| Ventilation | 11 (2.1) | 9 (1.5) | 29 (1.1) | 11 (1.2) | 42 (3.3) | 34 (2.3) | 150 (1.6) | 109 (1.7) | 395 (1.7) |
| VAD/TAH | 242 (47.1) | 294 (49.6) | 1,212 (47.4) | 417 (44.9) | 519 (40.7) | 644 (43.1) | 3,753 (41.2) | 2,500 (38.3) | 9,581 (41.7) |
| ECMO | 7 (1.4) | 4 (0.7) | 12 (0.5) | 2 (0.2) | 30 (2.4) | 10 (0.7) | 60 (0.7) | 16 (0.2) | 141 (0.6) |
| Dialysis | 14 (2.7) | 13 (2.2) | 55 (2.1) | 22 (2.4) | 32 (2.5) | 25 (1.7) | 178 (2.0) | 81 (1.2) | 420 (1.8) |
| Transfusion | 78 (15.2) | 85 (14.3) | 406 (15.9) | 185 (19.9) | 259 (20.3) | 269 (18.0) | 1,711 (18.8) | 1,307 (20.0) | 4,300 (18.7) |
*
Median (IQR).
†
Percentage of all listed diagnoses.
PAP = pulmonary arterial pressure.