Wadhwani SI, Ge J, Gottlieb L, et al. - Outcomes following liver transplantation are poorer for racial/ethnic minority children. The racial/ethnic disparities for children awaiting transplant may be explained by household and neighborhood socioeconomic factors and disease severity at waitlist entry.

• From 2005 to 2015, 7,716 children were listed in the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients.

• Of these children, 17% were identified as Black and 24% as Hispanic.

• An increased unadjusted hazard of waitlist mortality was recorded for Black and Hispanic children.

• After adjusting for neighborhood deprivation, insurance, and listing lab Model for End-Stage Liver Disease/Pediatric End-Stage Liver Disease, increased hazard of waitlist mortality did not remain for Black and Hispanic children.

• Similarly, decreased likelihood of living donor liver transplant (LDLT) was evident for Black and Hispanic children.

• The effect of Black and Hispanic race/ethnicity on likelihood of LDLT attenuated following adjustments.