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World J Clin Pediatr. Sep 9, 2026; 15(3): 117940
Published online Sep 9, 2026. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.117940
Published online Sep 9, 2026. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.117940
Pediatric kidney transplant disparities
Sathyaprasad C Burjonrappa, Sanjana Eranki, Jasmin Capellan, Department of Surgery, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, United States
Author contributions: Capellan J contributed to data collection, analysis and writing; Eranki S contributed to writing; Burjonrappa SC contributed to concept generation, project supervision, analysis, critical review and revision.
Institutional review board statement: The Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Kids’ Inpatient Database is a publicly available anonymized database that is HIPAA compliant. It did not need a separate IRB approval.
Informed consent statement: Data is provided by a publicly available anonymized database that is HIPAA compliant. No separate informed consent is necessary.
Conflict-of-interest statement: We have no financial relationships to disclose.
Data sharing statement: Data is publicly available through Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Kids’ Inpatient Database.
Corresponding author: Sathyaprasad C Burjonrappa, MD, Chief, FACS, FRCS (Ed), Full Professor, Department of Surgery, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, United States. sb2058@rwjms.rutgers.edu
Received: December 22, 2025
Revised: January 25, 2026
Accepted: March 6, 2026
Published online: September 9, 2026
Processing time: 225 Days and 3.1 Hours
Revised: January 25, 2026
Accepted: March 6, 2026
Published online: September 9, 2026
Processing time: 225 Days and 3.1 Hours
Core Tip
Core Tip: In this study, we found that black race is significantly associated with lower rates of kidney transplantation (KT) after controlling socioeconomic and geographic factors. Although studies have analyzed health care utilization and disparities in various pediatric renal diseases such as acute kidney injury, socioeconomic and demographic disparities have been poorly defined in the pediatric literature on KT. In this study, we excluded young adults 18-21 who may have increased difficulty with access to care as they transition from pediatric to adult care. Future prospective studies are needed to evaluate the complexity of disparities in pediatric KT access.