14 August 2020: Original Paper
Long-Term Outcome of Live Kidney Donation in South Korea
Jee Yeon Kim 1CDEF* , Dong Hyun Kim 1BCDE* , Ye-Jee Kim 2BCD , Ji Yoon Choi 1BCD , Hyunwook Kwon 1BCD , Youngmin Ko 1BCD , Joo Hee Jung 1B , Chung Hee Baek 3B , Hyosang Kim 3B , Su-Kil Park 3B , Soon Bae Kim 3B , Sang Koo Lee 3B , Yura Lee 4CD , Young Hoon Kim 1ABE , Duck Jong Han 1ABE , Sung Shin 1ABCDEFG*DOI: 10.12659/AOT.923065
Ann Transplant 2020; 25:e923065
Table 1 Characteristics of the living kidney donors and their matched non-donor controls.
| Characteristics | Kidney donors (N=1607) | Matched controls (N=6426) | p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, yr, median (range) | 42 (16–72) | 42 (15–74) | 1.000 |
| Sex (M: F) | 795: 812 | 3180: 3246 | 0.991 |
| BMI, kg/m, mean±SD | 24.0±3.3 | 24.0±3.3 | 0.953 |
| Current smoker, n (%) | 368 (22.9) | 1,687 (26.3) | 0.006 |
| Hypertension, n (%) | 292 (18.2) | 1,553 (24.2) | |
| Diabetes mellitus, n (%) | 6 (0.4) | 362 (5.6) | |
| History of Tbc, n (%) | 45 (2.8) | 114 (1.8) | 0.008 |
| Hepatitis B, n (%) | 6 (0.4) | 95 (1.5) | |
| Hepatitis C, n (%) | 1 (0.1) | 12 (0.2) | 0.267 |
| History of malignancy, n (%) | 10 (0.6) | 217 (3.4) | |
| Creatinine clearance, ml/min±SD | 114.8±27.3 | ||
| Proteinuria, mg/day ±SD | 94.74±258.5 | ||
| Serum creatinine, mg/dl ±SD | 0.8±0.2 | ||
| BMI – body mass index; SD – standard deviation; Tbc – tuberculosis. | |||