16 January 2024 : Original article
Immediate Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Heart and Kidney Transplantation and the Recovery Trends in 30 Developed and Less-Developed Countries
Mohammad Islam
1CDE, Bryson Edwards 2BDFG, Jeffrey Goddard 2BDG, Ruhul H. Kuddus 2ACDEFG*
DOI: 10.12659/AOT.942188
Ann Transplant 2024; 29:e942188
Figure 2 Side-by-side boxplots showing the median effect size of COVID-19 on heart and kidney transplantation in the 3 groups of countries. The dark solid line in the box indicates the median effect; the outlier detection lines and the outliers (the empty circles) are also shown. 1 – high- gross domestic product (GDP) nations; 2 – mid-GDP nations; 3 – low-GDP nations. The median effect is more pronounced for less-developed countries, as indicated by the shift of the median effect to <0. The figure was created using Statistical Computing Software R 4.3.1, package ggplot2 (https://www.r-project.org/).