Socioeconomic Inequities in Preemptive Kidney Transplantation and Graft Survival: An Innovative Approach to Identifying Disparities in Kidney Transplantation

Overview

Journal Transplant Direct

Publisher Wolters Kluwer

Specialty General Surgery

Date 2024 Dec 20

PMID 39703725

Authors

Sarah Kizilbash

Chung-Ii Wi

Madison Roy

Euijung Ryu

Arthur Matas

Vesna Garovic

Samy Riad

Carrie Schinstock

Young Juhn

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Abstract

Background: The limitations of conventional measures of socioeconomic status (SES) limit our ability to elucidate the role of SES as a key element of social determinants of health in kidney transplantation. This study's objective was to use an innovative SES measure, the HOUsing-based SES measure (HOUSES) index, to examine the effects of social determinants of health on access to and outcomes of kidney transplantation.

Methods: Our study included residents of Minnesota (age older than 18 y) who underwent kidney transplantation at a single center between 2010 and 2020. SES was determined using the HOUSES index, categorized into quartiles (Q1 for lower, Q2-Q4 for higher SES). We used mixed-effects multivariable logistic and Cox models to examine the effects of HOUSES on preemptive transplants, pretransplant dialysis duration, and death-censored graft loss, adjusting for covariates.

Results: Among 1975 eligible patients, 29.4% received preemptive transplants, 34.9% underwent pretransplant dialysis for >3 y, and 15.1% experienced death-censored graft loss for a median follow-up of 7.15 (interquartile range, 4.25-11.38) y. Lower SES recipients (Q1) demonstrated decreased preemptive transplant likelihood (adjusted odds ratio [aOR]: 0.74; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.57-0.97; = 0.03), longer dialysis duration (>3 y; aOR: 1.43; 95% CI, 1.01-2.03; = 0.046), and higher death-censored graft loss (adjusted hazard ratio 1.36; 95% CI, 1.02-1.12; = 0.036) versus higher SES recipients (Q2-Q4).

Conclusions: We observed significant socioeconomic disparities in kidney transplant access, dialysis duration, and graft survival. The HOUSES index may be a promising tool for individual-based targeted interventions as it identifies SES on an individual rather than an area-level basis.

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