Donor Race May Impact
Kidney Transplant Survival
By regression analysis, the non-black recipients who received a kidney from black donors had a significant lower survival rate compared to those who received a kidney from a non-black donor (hazard ratio 1.111, p=0.014) after adjusting for all known variables.
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Kidney Transplant Survival
By regression analysis, the non-black recipients who received a kidney from black donors had a significant lower survival rate compared to those who received a kidney from a non-black donor (hazard ratio 1.111, p=0.014) after adjusting for all known variables.
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ScienceDaily
Donor Race May Impact Kidney Transplant Survival
The race of kidney donors may affect the survival rates of transplant recipients, according to a new study.
Effect of Donor Ethnicity on Kidney Survival in Different Recipient Pairs– An Analysis of the OPTN/UNOS Database
Black donor Kidneys are associated with significantly lower graft survival when transplanted into Whites and Blacks and are only associated with lower patient survival when these kidneys are transplanted into White transplant recipients. The graft and patient survival rates for Asian and Latino/Hispanic recipients however were not affected by donor ethnicity.
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Black donor Kidneys are associated with significantly lower graft survival when transplanted into Whites and Blacks and are only associated with lower patient survival when these kidneys are transplanted into White transplant recipients. The graft and patient survival rates for Asian and Latino/Hispanic recipients however were not affected by donor ethnicity.
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PubMed Central (PMC)
Effect of Donor Ethnicity on Kidney Survival in Different Recipient Pairs– An Analysis of the OPTN/UNOS Database
Previous multivariate analysis during 4/1/94-12/31/00 from the Organ Procurement Transplant Network/United Network for Organ Sharing (OPTN/UNOS) database has shown that kidneys from Black donors were associated with lower graft survival. We compared ...
How does a patient's ethnic background *
affect matching?
When it comes to matching human leukocyte antigen (HLA) types, a patient’s ethnic background * is important in predicting the likelihood of finding a match. ...Some ethnic groups * have more complex tissue types than others. So a person’s best chance of finding a donor may be with someone of the same ethnic background.
* race
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affect matching?
When it comes to matching human leukocyte antigen (HLA) types, a patient’s ethnic background * is important in predicting the likelihood of finding a match. ...Some ethnic groups * have more complex tissue types than others. So a person’s best chance of finding a donor may be with someone of the same ethnic background.
* race
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Study investigates link between socio-economic position and risk of mental disorders
Based on the study findings, 25.2% of children born into the lowest parental income quintile developed a clinically diagnosed mental disorder by the time they turned 37. Correspondingly, 13.5% of children born in the top parental income quintile developed a mental disorder in the same period of time.
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Based on the study findings, 25.2% of children born into the lowest parental income quintile developed a clinically diagnosed mental disorder by the time they turned 37. Correspondingly, 13.5% of children born in the top parental income quintile developed a mental disorder in the same period of time.
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Study investigates link between socio-economic position and risk of mental disorders
Researchers at the University of Helsinki, Aarhus University and the University of Manchester have investigated the link between the socio-economic position of parents and the risk of children developing mental disorders later in life.
Pfizer submits Covid vaccine to FDA for approval, to distribute in December
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Pfizer and BioNTech to Submit Emergency Use Authorization Request Today to the U.S. FDA for COVID-19 Vaccine | Pfizer
In addition to today’s submission to the FDA, the companies have already initiated rolling submissions across the globe including in Australia, Canada, Europe, Japan and the U.K., and plan to submit applications immediately to other regulatory agencies around…