By Shawn M. Carter
Women with ESKD are more likely than men to face kidney transplant-related disparities, according to a recently published study conducted in the southeast U.S.
“Reasons for this disparity have not been delineated, though some evidence … include greater provider perceptions of frailty regarding female candidates, higher levels of obesity, higher psychosocial and health-related concerns and a lack of provider awareness of sex/gender-related disparities,” Jessica L. Harding, PhD, an epidemiologist at the Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, and colleagues wrote. Read the complete article in Healio.