作者: John L. Gore , Jennifer S. Singer , Arleen F. Brown , Gabriel M. Danovitch
DOI: 10.1016/J.JURO.2011.12.112
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摘要: Purpose: We evaluated unrelated living kidney donation in the United States and examined characteristics of donor-recipient pairs.Materials Methods: accessed Network for Organ Sharing files to identify adult donor renal transplant recipients who received a between 1997 2007. factors associated with compared composite index socioeconomic recipient ZIP Codes related transplantation pairs. Spousal pairs were categorized as related.Results: Of 39,168 19% underwent transplantation. These more likely white (vs black, Hispanic other race OR 0.77–0.82, p <0.05) highly educated (college vs less than high school 0.66, 95% CI 0.54–0.77), commonly care at volume centers lowest 0.89, 0.82–0.95). Liv...