Ethnicity and survival on dialysis in west London.

Background: Indo-Asian and Afro-Caribbean patients have higher rates of renal failure and requirement for renal replacement therapy than the general population in the UK. Despite this, information regarding survival on dialysis is limited.

Methods: The incident hemodialysis population of a large west London renal service was reviewed from 1996 to 2001 (N = 465).

Outcome of renal transplantation in South Asian recipients is similar to that in non-Asians.

Background: The United Kingdom has a large South Asian population, in which there is a high rate of renal disease and which forms a significant percentage of the renal transplant waiting list. Information about short- and long-term transplant outcomes in this ethnic group is limited, although it has been suggested that graft survival is poorer in this population compared with non-Asians.

Methods: The authors examined the outcome and determinants of medium-term (5-year) survival in 245 renal transplants, 53 of which were performed in South Asian patients between 1995 and 2002.