Outcomes of Living Kidney Donor Candidate Evaluations in the Living Donor Collective Pilot Registry.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Gaps in our knowledge of long-term outcomes affect decision making for potential living kidney donors.

Methods

The Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients was asked to determine the feasibility of a candidate registry.

Results

Ten living kidney donor programs evaluated 2107 consecutive kidney donor candidates; 2099 of 2107 (99.6%) completed evaluations, 1578 of 2099 (75.2%) had a decision, and 790 of 1578 (50.1%) were approved to donate as of March 12, 2020. By logistic regression, candidates most likely to be approved were married or had attended college or technical school; those least likely to be approved had ≥1 of the following characteristics: Black race, history of cigarette smoking, and higher blood pressure, higher triglycerides, or higher uri

SUBMITTER: Kasiske BL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8078331 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature