An assessment of the 25-year risk of end-stage kidney disease among living kidney donors revealed different risks for different groups of donors, according to data presented at the American Transplant Congress.
“Our project assessed the risk of ESKD among living kidney donors who donated up to 25 years ago. Previous research has found that living kidney donation is generally safe, but the best long-term data on the topic are based on a cohort of primarily white donors,” Jennifer Wainwright, PhD, a senior research scientist at the United Network for Organ Sharing, told Healio “This