A comparison of the epidemiology of kidney replacement therapy between Europe and the United States: 2021 data of the ERA Registry and the USRDS.
Vianda S StelRianne BoeninkMegan E AstleyBrittany A BoerstraDanilo RadunovicRannveig SkrunesJuan C Ruiz San MillánMaria F Slon RobleroSamira BellPablo Ucio MingoMarc A G J Ten DamPatrice M AmbühlHalima ResicOlga Lucia Rodríguez ArévaloNuria Aresté-FosalbaJaume Tort I BardoletMathilde LassalleSara Trujillo-AlemánOlafur S IndridasonMarta ArtamendiPatrik FinneMarta Rodríguez CamblorDorothea NitschKristine HommelGeorge MoustakasJulia KerschbaumMirjana LausevicKitty J JagerAlberto Ortiz ArduanAnneke KramerPublished in: Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association (2024)
The US had a much higher KRT incidence, prevalence, and mortality compared to Europe, and despite a higher kidney transplantation rate, a lower proportion of prevalent patients with a functioning graft.