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
Table 3 Summary statistics of the impact size (per million population) of the COVID-19 pandemic on heart and kidney transplantation and P values for Jonckheere-Terpstra test θ1 θ2 θ3. Here, θ1, θ2, and θ3 represent the median effect for high-gross domestic product (GDP), mid-GDP, and low-GDP countries, respectively.
| Transplant | Country group | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High-GDP | Mid-GDP | Low-GDP | ||
| Heart | 0.48 | −0.51 | −0.50 | 0.224 |
| LDK | 0.95 | −0.85 | −2.32 | 0.013* |
| DDK | −1.86 | −1.87 | −3.94 | 0.038* |
| LDK+DDK | −4.05 | −2.47 | −5.55 | 0.086 |
| * Statistically significant at the 5% level. LDK – live donor kidney; DDK – deceased donor kidney. | ||||