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Most transplant centers do not screen kidney donor candidates for sickle cell trait (SCT) and many decline candidates with SCT since it may associate with kidney disease. We compared 17 kidney donors with SCT to propensity score matched donor controls on mortality, reduced eGFR, proteinuria and kidney failure. The prevalence of SCT in African American (AA) donors was 11 per 1000 compared to 73 per...
Having multiple renal arteries (MRA) has been linked to hypertension development. Whether kidney donors who are left with MRA in the nondonated kidney incur a higher risk of hypertension has not been studied. We compared the development of hypertension, reduced estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), cardiovascular disease, and mortality in 2624 normotensive kidney donors with MRA in the nondonated...
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