title: Ethnic disparity in outcomes for pediatric peritoneal dialysis patients in the ESRD Clinical Performance Measures Project.
abstract: Ethnicity information was collected for all pediatric peritoneal dialysis patients from the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Clinical Performance Measures (CPM) Project for the period October 2004 through March 2005. Associations between intermediate outcomes and Hispanic ethnicity were determined. Thirty percent (207/696) of patients in the final cohort were Hispanic, 24% (165/696) non-Hispanic black, and 46% (324/696) non-Hispanic white. Hispanics were more likely to be female, older, and have a lower mean height standard deviation score (SDS). There were no significant differences among ethnic/racial groups regarding clearance parameters. More Hispanics had a mean hemoglobin > or = 11 g/dl compared with non-Hispanic blacks and non-Hispanic whites (77% vs. 55% and 70%, P < 0.0001). More Hispanics compared with non-Hispanic blacks and non-Hispanic whites had a mean serum albumin > or = 4.0/3.7 g/dl [bromcresol green/bromcresol purple laboratory method (BCG/BCP)] (50% vs. 24% and 27%, respectively, P < 0.0001). In multivariate analyses, Hispanics remained significantly more likely to achieve a mean serum albumin > or = 4.0/3.7 g/dl (BCG/BCP) compared with non-Hispanic whites (referent) and were as likely to achieve clearance and hemoglobin targets. Pediatric Hispanic peritoneal dialysis patients experience equivalent or better intermediate outcomes of dialytic care compared with non-Hispanics. Further study is needed to understand associations of Hispanic ethnicity with outcomes such as hospitalization, transplantation, and mortality.
authors: Pediatric Nephrology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA. matkins3@jhmi.edu
authors: Meredith A
authors: MA
authors: Atkinson
authors: Alicia M
authors: AM
authors: Neu
authors: Barbara A
authors: BA
authors: Fivush
authors: Diane L
authors: DL
authors: Frankenfield
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D044383:Black People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D054625:Healthcare Disparities; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D017582:Renal Replacement Therapy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data