Table 4 Characteristics of kidney transplant centers by frequency of frailty assessment at kidney transplantation (N = 132)
From: Transplant centers that assess frailty as part of clinical practice have better outcomes
Center characteristics | Frequency of frailty assessment administration | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Never (N = 101) | Sometimes (N = 21) | Always (N = 10) | P-value | |
Adult KT volume per year | 118.2 (80.4) | 140.4 (88.5) | 85.9 (71.1) | 0.21 |
Age (years) | 52.6 (2.2) | 52.5 (1.9) | 52.6 (3.5) | 0.99 |
% Older (≥65 years) | 21.2 (5.5) | 21.3 (4.7) | 22.0 (8.3) | 0.90 |
% Female | 38.6 (7.0) | 38.9 (3.1) | 37.1 (12.0) | 0.79 |
% Hispanic | 16.3 (18.4) | 11.1 (11.5) | 24.7 (30.2) | 0.16 |
% Black | 26.7 (18.4) | 22.9 (15.2) | 32.1 (25.9) | 0.43 |
% High school or less | 44.4 (10.1) | 42.9 (9.8) | 47.4 (13.5) | 0.54 |
% Working for income | 33.0 (11.9) | 37.2 (7.8) | 25.3 (13.7) | 0.03 |
% Diabetes | 34.7 (7.3) | 32.4 (5.0) | 35.5 (7.4) | 0.34 |
% Undergoing dialysis | 80.3 (8.1) | 79.8 (8.2) | 84.8 (8.1) | 0.23 |
% Living donor transplant | 29.0 (12.2) | 31.4 (13.5) | 21.4 (8.9) | 0.11 |
O/E ratio of 1-year graft loss rate, median (IQR) | 0.99 (0.81, 1.17) | 1.01 (0.71, 1.16) | 0.93 (0.77, 1.27) | 0.85 |
O/E ratio of 1-year mortality rate, median (IQR) | 0.97 (0.73, 1.29) | 0.93 (0.77, 1.03) | 0.96 (0.87, 1.39) | 0.53 |
Geriatrics program, n (%) | 65 (64.4%) | 12 (57.1%) | 8 (80.0%) | 0.46 |
Use of a validated frailty assessment tool, n (%) | – | 14 (66.7%) | 8 (80.0%) | 0.44 |