Table 1: Characteristics of waitlist candidates classified by EPTS score.
Variables |
EPTS ≤ 90% |
EPTS > 90% |
p-value* |
N = 103,679 |
N = 11,191 |
||
-90.26% |
-9.74% |
||
Age, years (IQR) |
53 (43-61) |
67 (64-70) |
0.0001 |
Gender (%) |
< 0.001 |
||
Female |
38.26 |
32.62 |
|
Male |
61.74 |
67.38 |
|
Ethnicity (%) |
0.13 |
||
White |
43.47 |
38.3 |
|
African American |
27.76 |
30.13 |
|
Hispanic |
19.13 |
20.03 |
|
Other |
9.64 |
11.54 |
|
Blood group (%) |
< 0.001 |
||
A |
33.02 |
30.92 |
|
B |
14.76 |
15.38 |
|
AB |
3.83 |
3.3 |
|
O |
48.38 |
50.41 |
|
Diabetes (%) |
41.13 |
91.78 |
< 0.001 |
Dialysis vintage (%) |
< 0.001 |
||
Preemptive listed |
32.77 |
0.42 |
|
< 1 year |
26.92 |
27.7 |
|
1-3 years |
24.91 |
43.88 |
|
> 3 years |
15.4 |
27.98 |
|
Peak PRA, (%) |
0.01 |
||
0% |
64.54 |
63.43 |
|
1-30% |
16.14 |
17.34 |
|
31-80% |
11.24 |
11.58 |
|
> 80% |
8.08 |
7.64 |
|
Maximum acceptable 6 HLA mismatch (%) |
99.44 |
99.5 |
0.003 |
Maximum acceptable KDPI > 85% (%) |
99.98 |
99.99 |
0.87 |
Primary payment (%) |
< 0.001 |
||
Private insurance |
41.81 |
19.17 |
|
Public insurance |
57.85 |
80.59 |
|
Other |
0.34 |
0.24 |
Abbreviation: EPTS: Estimated Post Transplant Survival; IQR: Inter Quartile Range; PRA: Panel Reactive Antibody; HLA: Human Leukocyte Antigen; KDPI: Kidney Donor Profile Index
*p-values reflect tests for significant across the groups