For Black patients, nixing ‘race adjustment’ may improve kidney transplant odds, study finds

Using equations to calculate kidney function that do not include race adjustments would result in Black patients gaining time on the transplant waitlist before their kidneys fail that matched similar durations for white patients, according to a new study.

Source: sciencedaily.com

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