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