Racial Disparity Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Hepatectomy: Is Baseline Kidney Function a Potential Explanation?

Conclusions—
African Americans with normal serum creatinine levels had a similar rate of complication to patients who were not African American, but as the baseline serum level of creatinine increased, the odds ratio for a complication developing increased dramatically in the African American patients, suggesting that the disparities seen are predominantly driven by a subset of African American patients who have preexisting renal insufficiency.

Source: Progress in Transplantation - August 31, 2015 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Palanisamy, A. P., Dowden, J. E., Manasra, A. R. A., Rohan, V. S., Bratton, C. F., McGillicuddy, J. W., Baliga, P. K., Chavin, K. D., Taber, D. J. Tags: Clinical Issues in Transplantation Source Type: research