Gender-based disparities in access to and outcomes of liver transplantation

Table 1 Characteristics of studies assessing the impact of gender on liver transplantation n (%)

Topic	Ref.	Number offemalepatients(%)	Datacollection
Access to LT Center	Bryce et al[5]	66622 (46%)	Transplant Centers in Pennsylvania/UNOS
Access to waiting list and LT	Moylan et al[4]	16262 (36%)	UNOS Database
	Volk et al[6]	19518 (39%)	SRTR
	Mathur et al[7]	28759 (36%)	SRTR
Renal function and MELD	Cholangitas et al[8]	140 (38%)	Royal Free Hospital
	Huo et al[9]	103 (22%)	Taipei Veterans General Hospital
	Lim et al[10]
	Mindikoglu et al[11]	379 (45%)	Mayo Clinic
		14530 (36%)	UNOS Database
	Myers et al[12]	14541 (36%)	UNOS Database
Donor recipient size mismatch	Lai et al[13]	12585 (36%)	UNOS Database
	Mindikoglu et al[14]	10741 (37%)	OPTN
Post LT outcome graft/patient survival	Duffy et al[15]	169 (58%)	Single Center UCLA

UNOS: United network for organ sharing; SRTR: Scientific registry transplant recipients; LT: Liver transplantation; MELD: Model for end-stage liver disease; OPTN: Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network; UCLA: University of California, Los Angeles.