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Age, Gender, Race, and Associations With Kidney Failure Following Living Kidney Donation

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Our previous reports suggested that African Americans (AA) are more likely to develop end-stage renal disease (ESRD) following kidney donation when compared with white counterparts. We sought information on age, gender, and race of kidney donors to determine which groups were over-represented on the kidney transplant waiting list. METHODS: We queried the United Network for Organ Sharing United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) …

Authors

Gibney EM; Parikh CR; Garg AX

Journal

Transplantation Proceedings, Vol. 40, No. 5, pp. 1337–1340

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

June 2008

DOI

10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.03.104

ISSN

0041-1345