TUESDAY, March 26, 2024 (HealthDay News) — White women have the highest cumulative incidence of heart transplant offers being accepted, according to a study published online March 25. American Medical Association Journal.
Khadijah Brisette, M.D., of the Indiana University Krannert Cardiovascular Research Center in Indianapolis, and colleagues conducted a cohort study to examine whether a heart transplant candidate’s race and gender are associated with the likelihood that a donor heart will be accepted by the transplant center team. carried out. Use the United Network for Organ Sharing dataset.
There were 14,890 heart transplant candidates. Of these, 30.9 percent were black, 69.1 percent white, 73.6 percent male, and 26.4 percent female. The researchers found that the cumulative incidence of acceptance was highest among white women, followed by black women, white men, and black men. From the first offer to her 16th offer, the odds of acceptance were lower for black candidates than for white candidates (odds ratio, 0.76 for her for first offer). From the 1st to her 6th offer, the odds of acceptance were higher for women than for men (odds ratio, 1.53 for her on the first offer). From the 10th to the 31st offer, women had lower odds.
“The cumulative incidence of donor heart offers accepted by transplant center teams was consistently highest for white women, followed by black women, white men, and black men,” the authors wrote. “Further investigation is needed into the decision-making process at the hospital level.”
Several authors disclosed relationships with the pharmaceutical and medical device industries.
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