Education is associated with reduction in racial disparities in kidney transplant outcome

In this study, we hypothesized that higher level of education might be associated with reduced racial disparities in renal transplantation outcomes. We used data from the United States Renal Data System (September 1, 1990–September 1, 2007) (n = 79 223) and analyzed two outcomes, graft loss and reci...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical transplantation 2012-11, Vol.26 (6), p.891-899
Hauptverfasser:	Goldfarb-Rumyantzev, Alexander S., Sandhu, Gurprataap S., Barenbaum, Anna, Baird, Bradley C., Patibandla, Bhanu K., Narra, Akshita, Koford, James K., Barenbaum, Lev
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	African Americans Biological and medical sciences disparities education Educational Status European Continental Ancestry Group Female Follow-Up Studies Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Fundamental immunology Graft Rejection Graft Survival Health Services Accessibility Health Status Disparities Healthcare Disparities - statistics & numerical data Humans Kidney Failure, Chronic - ethnology Kidney Failure, Chronic - mortality Kidney Failure, Chronic - surgery Kidney Transplantation Male Medical sciences Middle Aged outcome Patient Education as Topic Prognosis race/ethnicity Retrospective Studies Risk Factors Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases Survival Rate Tissue Donors Tissue, organ and graft immunology transplantation
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Zusammenfassung:	In this study, we hypothesized that higher level of education might be associated with reduced racial disparities in renal transplantation outcomes. We used data from the United States Renal Data System (September 1, 1990–September 1, 2007) (n = 79 223) and analyzed two outcomes, graft loss and recipient mortality, using Cox models. Compared with whites, African Americans had increased risk of graft failure (HR, 1.48; p
ISSN:	0902-0063 1399-0012
DOI:	10.1111/j.1399-0012.2012.01662.x