Table 1 Characteristics of kidney transplant centers by frequency of frailty assessment at kidney transplant evaluation (N = 132)
From: Transplant centers that assess frailty as part of clinical practice have better outcomes
Center characteristics | Frequency of frailty assessment at evaluation | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Never (N = 54) | Sometimes (N = 49) | Always (N = 29) | P-value | |
Adult KT listing volume per year | 211.1 (140.9) | 205.0 (173.4) | 198.4 (119.3) | 0.93 |
Age (years) | 53.3 (2.0) | 52.6 (1.5) | 52.8 (2.4) | 0.27 |
% Older (≥65 years) | 22.1 (6.0) | 20.2 (5.2) | 21.3 (6.4) | 0.26 |
% Female | 37.6 (7.2) | 38.9 (3.5) | 36.7 (9.2) | 0.34 |
% Hispanic | 16.2 (16.6) | 17.7 (20.5) | 14.7 (18.6) | 0.78 |
% Black | 32.1 (19.0) | 23.2 (16.6) | 26.9 (21.1) | 0.06 |
% High school or less | 44.3 (10.8) | 44.2 (9.9) | 40.9 (9.0) | 0.29 |
% Working for income | 35.3 (9.4) | 39.3 (7.6) | 38.7 (9.0) | 0.05 |
% Diabetes | 45.3 (6.0) | 43.0 (7.8) | 42.9 (7.1) | 0.19 |
% Undergoing dialysis | 71.6 (11.0) | 68.1 (11.4) | 70.7 (9.2) | 0.26 |
O/E ratio of waitlist mortality, median (IQR) | 1.05 (0.84, 1.13) | 0.93 (0.82, 1.10) | 0.98 (0.85, 1.13) | 0.35 |
O/E ratio of transplantation, median (IQR) | 1.06 (0.77, 1.49) | 0.92 (0.75, 1.24) | 0.89 (0.68, 1.31) | 0.22 |
Geriatrics program, n (%) | 36 (66.7%) | 28 (57.1%) | 21 (72.4%) | 0.36 |
Use of a validated frailty assessment tool, n (%) | – | 33 (67.3%) | 18 (62.1%) | 0.64 |