Exception Points and Body Size Contribute to Gender Disparity in Liver Transplantation

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
5657438	Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology	2017	26 Pages	PDF

Abstract

In an analysis of data from the United Network of Organ Sharing registry, we found that women when compared with men on the waitlist for liver transplantation are disadvantaged by an imbalance in exception point allocation and organ declines because of small stature.

Keywords

DSA Donor Service Area BSA HCC ELV Organ size body surface area body mass index BMI United Network for Organ Sharing Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network confidence interval Model for End-Stage Liver Disease Gender disparity odds ratio Liver transplantation Hepatocellular carcinoma MELD UNOS