Table 2: Characteristics of waitlist candidates with EPTS score > 90% who received and did not received kidney transplant.

Variables

Not transplanted

Transplanted

p-value*

N = 7,798

N = 3,393

-69.68%

-30.32%

Age, years (IQR)

67 (64 - 70)

68 (65 - 71)

0.0001

Gender (%)

   

0.67

Female

32.74

32.33

 

Male

67.26

67.67

 

Ethnicity (%)

   

0.004

White

38.2

38.52

 

African American

29.3

32.04

 

Hispanic

20.51

18.92

 

Other

11.99

10.52

 

Blood group (%)

   

< 0.001

A

28.56

36.34

 

B

15.66

14.74

 

AB

2.31

5.57

 

O

53.48

43.35

 

Diabetes (%)

91.78

91.6

0.16

Dialysis time, days (IQR)

484 (238 - 885)

948 (420 - 1849)

0.0001

Dialysis vintage (%)

   

< 0.001

< 1 year

38.57

21.28

 

1-3 years

43.38

33.83

 

> 3 years

17.7

44.77

 

Peak PRA, (%)

   

< 0.001

0%

64.4

69.23

 

1-30 %

15.57

13.97

 

31-80 %

12.35

9.58

 

> 80 %

7.68

7.22

 

Maximum acceptable 6 HLA mismatch

97.64

96.93

< 0.001

Maximum acceptable KDPI > 85%

99.29

99.15

0.4

Primary payment (%)

   

< 0.001

Private insurance

23.45

9.31

 

Public insurance

76.31

90.42

 

Other

0.24

0.27

 

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.