Open AccessReconsidering Donor Race in Predicting Allograft and Patient Survival Among Kidney Transplant Recipients
Author(s) -
Kelly Chong,
Igor Litvinovich,
Shan Shan Chen,
Yiliang Zhu,
Christos Argyropoulos,
Yue-Harn Ng
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
kidney360
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2641-7650
DOI - 10.34067/kid.0002932021
Subject(s) - medicine , race (biology) , kidney transplantation , kidney , kidney transplant , index (typography) , transplantation , surgery , donor specific antibodies , risk assessment , human leukocyte antigen , kidney disease , intensive care medicine , focus (optics) , survival analysis
Donor race should not be used in models to predict allograft and patient survival.Removing donor race from the Kidney Donor Risk Index may reduce kidney discard by reclassifying approximately 50% of high kidney donor profile index kidneys.Future prediction models should focus on using relevant biologic factors rather than social constructs when trying to predict outcomes.
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