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Affiliation
Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California.; Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Departments of Pediatrics and Epidemiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, California.; Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California.; Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California.; Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Authors
Ku Elaine, Amaral Sandra, McCulloch Charles E, Adey Deborah B, Li Libo, Johansen Kirsten L
Studies
Abstract
Wait time for kidney transplantation can accrue when GFR is ≤20 ml/min. We examined whether using the race-free 2021 Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) equations to guide preemptive waitlisting could attenuate racial differences in accruable preemptive wait time.