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Sex and Gender Disparities in Living Kidney Donation: A Scoping Review.

Eswari VilayurAnita van ZwietenMingxing ChenAnna FrancisMelanie WyldSiah KimTess CooperGermaine Wong
Published in: Transplantation direct (2023)
Sex imbalance in LKD is prevalent, with a predominance of women as living donors. Such disparities are driven by societal and cultural perceptions of gender roles, pregnancy-induced sensitization, and attitudes toward donation and at least some of these factors are modifiable. Donor compensation to support predonation assessments and income loss, implementation of innovative desensitization treatments, promotion of paired kidney exchange program, and targeted educational initiatives to promote equitable living donation may help to close the gender gap in LKD.
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