Open AccessAllograft and Patient Outcomes Between Indigenous and Nonindigenous Kidney Transplant Recipients
Author(s) -
Prue Howson,
Ashley Irish,
Lloyd D’Orsogna,
Aron Chakera,
Ramyasuda Swaminathan,
Gregory J. P. Perry,
Dianne De Santis,
Raelene Tolentino,
Germaine Wong,
Wai H. Lim
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/tp.0000000000002891
Subject(s) - indigenous , medicine , ethnic group , demography , hazard ratio , kidney transplantation , transplantation , confidence interval , biology , ecology , sociology , anthropology
Kidney transplant outcomes of indigenous Australians are poorer compared with nonindigenous Australians, but it is unknown whether the type of acute rejection differs between these patient groups or whether rejection mediates the effect between ethnicity, death-censored graft failure (DCGF), and death with a functioning graft (DWFG).