Long-term risk of all-cause mortality in live kidney donors: a matched cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Long-term outcomes of live kidney donors remain controversial, although this information is crucial for selecting potential donors. Thus, this study compared the long-term risk of all-cause mortality between live kidney donors and healthy control.

Methods

We performed a retrospective cohort study including donors from seven tertiary hospitals in South Korea. Persons who underwent voluntary health screening were included as controls. We created a matched control group considering age, sex, era, body mass index, baseline hypertension, diabetes, estimated glomerular filtration rate, and dipstick albuminuria. The study outcome was progression to end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), and all-cause mortality as identified in the linked claims database.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Kang E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8816409 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature