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5% vs 74.8%, P? http://www.selleckchem.com/products/Rapamycin.html had discussions with medical professionals (relative risk (RR)?=?1.13, 95% confidence interval (CI)?=?1.03�C1.24, for each 5-year increase in age through 65; RR?=?1.28, 95% CI?=?1.14�C1.42, for each 5-year increase in age beyond 65). Irrespective of age, women were more likely (RR?=?1.45, 95% CI?=?1.12�C1.89) not to have had discussions with medical professionals. For each 5-year increase in age, men (RR?=?1.04, 95% CI?=?0.99�C1.10) and women (RR?=?1.17, 95% CI?=?1.10�C1.24) http://www.selleckchem.com/products/jq1.html were more likely not to have discussions with social group members. Of those who had discussions with medical professionals or social group members, older participants described these discussions as less encouraging (all P? http://www.selleck.cn/products/AP24534.html of life after KT than those who remain on dialysis,[3-6] yet age disparities in access are well documented, especially in older women.[7-9] This age disparity may be medically justified in part, because some age-related comorbid conditions make older adults less-appropriate transplantation candidates, but in a study of potentially excellent older candidates (in the top quintile of older recipients, with 3-year post-KT survival exceeding 87.6%), only 23.7% were listed for transplantation, and of potentially good older candidates (with 3-year post-KT survival exceeding 78.3%), only 8.7% had access to this potentially life-extending treatment modality.[10] To achieve access to transplantation, an individual must first have the opportunity to discuss KT with a provider and be referred for evaluation. With few guidelines specific to older adults, providers often use chronological age in deciding whether to discuss KT,[11] presumably because this may represent a surrogate for risks to successful transplantation such as comorbidities, geriatric syndromes, poor social support, and short life expectancy. Nevertheless, because of the heterogeneity of health status of older adults,[12] chronological age alone is a poor predictor of who would benefit from KT.