ArticleTransplantation2019
Ethnic and Age Disparities in Outcomes Among Liver Transplant Waitlist Candidates.
Article in Transplantation, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.
- Racial, Ethnic, and Immigration-Related Disparities Across the Gastrointestinal Care Continuum: A Scoping Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Measuring health inequalities in liver transplantation: a systematic review of deprivation scores for survival in end-stage liver disease.BMJ public health · 2026Article
- Longer travel and traffic are associated with adult liver transplant waitlist mortality in the United States.American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons · 2025Article
- A scoping review of inequities in access to organ transplant in the United States.International journal for equity in health · 2022Article
- The influence of equitable access policies and socioeconomic factors on post-liver transplant survival.EClinicalMedicine · 2021Article
- Impact of Payer Status on Delisting Among Liver Transplant Candidates in the United States.Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society · 2021Article
- Waitlist Mortality and Posttransplant Outcomes in African Americans with Autoimmune Liver Diseases.Journal of transplantation · 2021Review
- Liver Transplantation in Patients with Sickle Cell Disease in the United States.The Journal of surgical research · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundDespite the increasing prevalence of end-stage liver disease in older adults, there is no consensus to determine suitability for liver transplantation (LT) in the elderly. Disparities in LT access exist, with a disproportionately lower percentage of African Americans (AAs) receiving LT. Understanding waitlist outcomes in older adults, specifically AAs, will identify opportunities to improve LT access for this vulnerable population.
methodsAll adult, liver-only white and AA LT waitlist candidates (January 1, 2003 to October 1, 2015) were identified in the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients. Age and race categories were defined: younger white (age <60 years), younger AA, older white (age, ≥60 years), and older AA. Outcomes were delisting, transplantation, and mortality and were modeled using Fine and Gray competing risks.
resultsAmong 101 805 candidates, 58.4% underwent transplantation, 14.7% died while listed, and 21.4% were delisted. Among those delisted, 36.1% died, whereas 7.4% were subsequently relisted. Both older AAs and older whites were more likely than younger whites to be delisted and to die after delisting. Older whites had higher incidence of waitlist mortality than younger whites (subdistribution hazard ratio, 1.07; 95% confidence interval, 1.01-1.13). All AAs and older whites had decreased incidence of LT, compared with younger whites.
conclusionsBoth older age and AA race were associated with decreased cumulative incidence of transplantation. Independent of race, older candidates had increased incidences of delisting and mortality after delisting than younger whites. Our findings support the need for interventions to ensure medical suitability for LT among older adults and to address disparities in LT access for AAs.
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