African American Kidneys

Why Is There a Gap in Kidney Donation Among People of Color?

Black Americans make up the largest group in need of organ transplants, but only 8% of living kidney donors. Almost 60% of people on the U.S. ...

For Black Americans, eGFR test can prevent kidney transplants

Experts say the calculation has contributed to delayed kidney care for Black patients who already disproportionately suffer kidney disease.

Ethnicity adjustment for kidney function testing removed from NICE ...

In the UK, people of Black ethnicity with CKD are at higher risk of kidney failure. We hope that by removing the possibility of overestimating ...

UNC Nephrologists Ensure Black Patients Received Equitable ...

Patients who have an eGFR of 20 or below are eligible for a kidney transplant, but this race coefficient systematically resulted in a higher ...

Health Inequities in Chronic Kidney Disease in African Americans ...

Objectives: 1. Review health inequities in kidney disease that occur for African Americans and Blacks 2. Describe the link between ...

Kansas City physicians ditch racial bias in treating kidney disease

Black kidneys are like white kidneys ... Kidneys are small but complicated organs. They eliminate waste, synthesize hormones, build bone health ...

This Innovation Could Revolutionize Kidney Care of Black Patients

Black Americans are almost four times more likely to suffer from kidney disease compared to white Americans. Because of this, they are overrepresented among ...

Race and kidney function: The facts and fix amidst the fuss ...

Black persons had greater creatinine levels than White persons with the same measured GFR, age, and sex, affirming the results of Jones et al6.

Study seeks to improve kidney transplant outcomes among Black ...

Black Americans are nearly four times more likely than whites to develop kidney failure requiring dialysis. Up to 70% of this excess risk is ...

African American Kidneys: Why is race used to ... - Deva Boone, MD

It does appear that when considering self-described Blacks as a whole, Blacks do have higher creatinine levels than non-Blacks with the same renal function.

How an Algorithm Blocked Kidney Transplants to Black Patients

A formula for assessing the gravity of kidney disease is one of many that is adjusted for race. The practice can exacerbate health disparities.

Historically, Black patients have had to wait longer for kidney ...

Historically, Black patients have had to wait longer for kidney transplants than other races, in part because of an outdated test that ...

African American Kidney Disease Patients Experience Reduced

This study suggested inequitable access to genetic testing amongst African American kidney disease patients.

African Americans Face Higher Risk of Kidney Disease, Report Says

African Americans constitute more than 35 percent of all patients in the U.S. receiving dialysis for kidney failure, but only represent 13.2 ...

Johns Hopkins Health System Adopts Race-Free Kidney Function ...

According to the National Kidney Foundation, there are 37 million people in the United States living with chronic kidney disease, with Black ...

Rethinking Race, Kidney Function | Harvard Medical School

Then, in the 1990s, researchers noticed that Black individuals had faster kidney filtration rates, even at the same creatinine levels as white ...

Nationwide Research on African-American Kidneys Hopes to ...

With African-Americans developing kidney failure at rates four to five times higher than Americans of European descent, a groundbreaking ...

Systemic Kidney Transplant Inequities for Black Individuals

Systemic kidney transplant inequities for black individuals: examining the contribution of racialized kidney function estimating equations.

Black kidney candidates are receiving waiting time modifications ...

Six months after new kidney policies took effect, more than 6,100 Black kidney candidates have had their waiting times modified, helping them get the organs ...

Why Black patients were kept off kidney transplant list - CNN

CNN's Victor Blackwell talks to Jazmin Evans who was kept off the transplant list for years.