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.