University of Alabama Birmingham: Study - Women More Likely Than Men to Die Waiting for a Liver Transplant
June 17, 2020
June 17, 2020
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, June 17 -- The University of Alabama Birmingham campus issued the following news:
A large cohort study has revealed that women are 8.6 percent more likely than men to die while waiting for a liver transplant and 14.4 percent less likely than men to receive a deceased donor liver transplant. It is a finding that University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers say highlights the longstanding sex-based disparities in liver allocation and should be a catalyst for a . . .
A large cohort study has revealed that women are 8.6 percent more likely than men to die while waiting for a liver transplant and 14.4 percent less likely than men to receive a deceased donor liver transplant. It is a finding that University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers say highlights the longstanding sex-based disparities in liver allocation and should be a catalyst for a . . .