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 5 Kendall Tau association between COVID-19 incidence, COVID-19 mortality, and the numbers of heart and kidney transplants. The high P values (shown in parentheses) indicate a lack of a significant association between COVID-19 incidence and COVID-19-related morality and heart and kidney transplantation.
| COVID-19 cases | Transplant | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heart | LDK | DDK | LDK+DDK | |
| Cases per million | 0.21 (0.18) | −0.07 (0.66) | 0.11 (0.50) | 0.01 (0.96) |
| Deaths per million | −0.04 (0.86) | −0.11 (0.47) | 0.05 (0.78) | −0.08 (0.62) |
| DDK – deceased donor kidney; LDK – live donor kidney. | ||||