Impact of race and gender on live kidney donation
| Autor: | Patricia L. Adams, Erica L. Hartmann, K. Daniel, Alan C. Farney, S.G. Alcorn, Robert J. Stratta, Amber Reeves-Daniel, Carl J. Westcott, Jeffrey Rogers, Dean G. Assimos |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Urinary system Live kidney donation Black People Renal function Ethnic origin Kidney Function Tests White People Sex Factors Risk Factors Internal medicine Living Donors medicine Humans Retrospective Studies Transplantation business.industry Retrospective cohort study medicine.disease Kidney Transplantation Obesity Surgery Female Kidney stones business Attitude to Health Glomerular Filtration Rate |
| Zdroj: | Clinical Transplantation. 23:39-46 |
| ISSN: | 1399-0012 0902-0063 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2008.00898.x |
| Popis: | Background: African Americans (AA) and women are less likely to receive a live kidney donor (LKD) transplant than Caucasians or men. Reasons for non-donation are poorly understood. Methods: A retrospective review of 541 unsuccessful LKD was performed to explore reasons for non-donation and to assess for racial and/or gender differences. Results: We identified 138 AA and 385 Caucasian subjects who volunteered but did not successfully donate. Females (58.2%) were more likely to be excluded than males due to reduced renal function (glomerular filtration rate |
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