Survival in Living Kidney Donors: An Australian and New Zealand Cohort Study Using Data Linkage.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Living kidney donors are a highly selected healthy population expected to have high survival postdonation, but mortality studies are limited. Our study aimed to compare mortality in living kidney donors with the general population in Australia and New Zealand, hypothesizing that donor survival would exceed average survival.

Methods

All living kidney donors in Australia, 2004-2013, and New Zealand, 2004-2012, from the Australian and New Zealand Living Kidney Donor Registry were included. We ascertained primary cause of death from data linkage with national death registers. Standardized mortality ratios and relative survival were estimated, matching on age, sex, calendar year, and country.

Results

Among 3253 living kidney donors, there were 32 deaths over 20

SUBMITTER: De La Mata NL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7056283 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature