Burden of excess mortality after implementation of the new kidney allocation system may be borne disproportionately by middle-aged recipients

• Catherine R. Butler,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, United States America

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• James D. Perkins,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Division of Transplant Surgery, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, United States America

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• Christopher K. Johnson,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, United States America

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• Christopher D. Blosser,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, United States America

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• Ramasamy Bakthavatsalam,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Division of Transplant Surgery, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, United States America

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• Nicolae Leca,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, United States America

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• Lena Sibulesky

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision

  * E-mail: lenasi@uw.edu

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Division of Transplant Surgery, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, United States America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5435-737X

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