Review Article
Evaluation of the Medically Complex Living Kidney Donor
Table 1
Risk factors associated with complex living donor.
| Type of risk factor | Example |
| Evidence of current renal disease | Hematuria, proteinuria, nephrolithiasis | Direct risk for CKD | Hypertension, obesity | Reduced nephron mass | Age ≥ 65 years | Genetic risk factor | Family history of ESRD in 1st relative | Risk factors for a CKD | Diabetes in first degree relative, impaired fasting glucode | Cardiovascular risk factors | Smoking, hyperlipidemia, hypertension | Other | Black race, sickle trait | Combination of previous factors | Hypertensive black patient |
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CKD: chronic kidney disease and ESRD: end stage renal disease.
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