Renal transplant: gender differences
Renal transplantation represents the best treatment for end-stage kidney disease, leading to improved quality of life and life-expectancy for most of the patients. However, gender disparities are evident both in access and in outcomes of kidney transplantation. Women on dialysis are less likely to b...
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| author | Anna Laura Fantuzzi Elisa Berri Lida Tartaglione Rossella Giannini Sara Dominjanni Silvia Porreca |
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| description | Renal transplantation represents the best treatment for end-stage kidney disease, leading to improved quality of life and life-expectancy for most of the patients. However, gender disparities are evident both in access and in outcomes of kidney transplantation. Women on dialysis are less likely to be on the waiting list for kidney transplantation and to receive an organ from a deceased donor or living donor. Several biological and sociocultural aspects could explain this disparity. On the contrary, more women than men are living kidney donors. Italian women are the first organ donors for living transplants in Europe. The gender difference in living donation is certainly affected by different comorbidities, but such a marked trend highlights a greater predisposition to donate of women, especially in the family context. Some differences are also found in kidney outcomes, even not fully understood. Our paper analyzes the main differences in different aspects of kidney transplantation related to gender, including nutritional aspects.
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| spelling | doaj.art-03b200c9719243849d2fd202854d04412023-08-15T12:36:33ZitaAboutScience SrlGiornale di Clinica Nefrologia e Dialisi2705-00762023-08-0135110.33393/gcnd.2023.2606Renal transplant: gender differencesAnna Laura Fantuzzi0Elisa Berri1Lida Tartaglione2Rossella Giannini3Sara Dominjanni 4Silvia Porreca5Dietista già Coordinatore Nutrizione e Dietetica Aziendale, AUSL Modena, Comitato Scientifico ASAND (Associazione Scientifica Alimentazione Nutrizione e Dietetica) - ItalyDietista, Dipartimento di Cure Primarie, AUSL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia - ItalyDirigente Medico, UOC Nefrologia, AOU Policlinico Umberto I di Roma - ItalyDietista, SSD Malattie del Metabolismo e Nutrizione Clinica, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico di Modena - ItalyDirigente Medico, UOC Nefrologia e Dialisi Ospedale Sant’Eugenio, ASL Roma 2, Roma - ItalyDirigente Medico, U.O. C. di Nefrologia e Dialisi, P.O. “Di Venere”, Bari - ASL BA - ItalyRenal transplantation represents the best treatment for end-stage kidney disease, leading to improved quality of life and life-expectancy for most of the patients. However, gender disparities are evident both in access and in outcomes of kidney transplantation. Women on dialysis are less likely to be on the waiting list for kidney transplantation and to receive an organ from a deceased donor or living donor. Several biological and sociocultural aspects could explain this disparity. On the contrary, more women than men are living kidney donors. Italian women are the first organ donors for living transplants in Europe. The gender difference in living donation is certainly affected by different comorbidities, but such a marked trend highlights a greater predisposition to donate of women, especially in the family context. Some differences are also found in kidney outcomes, even not fully understood. Our paper analyzes the main differences in different aspects of kidney transplantation related to gender, including nutritional aspects. https://journals.aboutscience.eu/index.php/gcnd/article/view/2606GenderKidney transplantationOrgan donationSex |
| spellingShingle | Anna Laura Fantuzzi Elisa Berri Lida Tartaglione Rossella Giannini Sara Dominjanni Silvia Porreca Renal transplant: gender differences Giornale di Clinica Nefrologia e Dialisi Gender Kidney transplantation Organ donation Sex |
| title | Renal transplant: gender differences |
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| title_short | Renal transplant: gender differences |
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| topic | Gender Kidney transplantation Organ donation Sex |
| url | https://journals.aboutscience.eu/index.php/gcnd/article/view/2606 |
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