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However, an underrepresentation of women also may reflect physician referral or selection biases or differences in patients\u2019 access to or acceptance of heart transplantation.\n          <\/jats:p>\n          <jats:p>\n            <jats:italic>Methods and Results<\/jats:italic>\n            We investigated whether sex bias occurred in the transplant candidate selection process at a single cardiac transplant center. We prospectively evaluated 386 individuals &lt;70 years of age (295 men, 91 women) referred for management of moderate to severe heart failure and\/or cardiac transplant evaluation. Age, race, sex, heart failure type, New York Heart Association class, left ventricular ejection fraction, peak exercise oxygen consumption, disease duration, resting hemodynamic measurements, comorbidity index score, health insurance coverage, and estimated household income were recorded. For patients not accepted for transplantation, the reason for rejection was also obtained. Univariable and multivariable (logistic regression) analyses were performed comparing men and women and patients accepted and those not accepted for cardiac transplantation. Female sex was independently associated with rejection for cardiac transplantation (odds ratio, 2.57;\n            <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n            =.01). However, the reason for rejection was more likely to be patient self-refusal for women than for men (29% versus 9%), and female sex was independently associated with patient self-refusal (odds ratio, 4.68;\n            <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n            =.003). When patients who refused transplant were reclassified as accepted for transplant, female sex was no longer associated with nonacceptance. 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