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14 August 2020 : Original article  

Long-Term Outcome of Live Kidney Donation in South Korea

Jee Yeon Kim1CDEF, Dong Hyun Kim1BCDE, Ye-Jee Kim2BCD, Ji Yoon Choi1BCD, Hyunwook Kwon1BCD, Youngmin Ko1BCD, Joo Hee Jung1B, Chung Hee Baek3B, Hyosang Kim3B, Su-Kil Park3B, Soon Bae Kim3B, Sang Koo Lee3B, Yura Lee4CD, Young Hoon Kim1ABE, Duck Jong Han1ABE, Sung Shin1ABCDEFG*

DOI: 10.12659/AOT.923065

Ann Transplant 2020; 25:e923065

Table 5 Health status after kidney donations of donors according to pre-donation hypertension and smoking status. (Donors with mGFR subgroup)

With HTN (N=39)Without HTN (N=161)p-ValueCurrent smoker (N=53)Current non-smoker (N=147)p-Value
Follow-up, yr, median [range]10 [–]1 7 [–]1 0.00110 [–]1 8 [–]1 0.215
Age, yr ±SD44±1040±100.01839±1041±100.236
Female sex, n (%)20 (51.3)72 (44.7)0.4794 (7.5)88 (59.9)<0.001
BMI, kg/m ±SD24.7±3.724.2±2.90.34824.7±2.924.1±3.10.282
Blood pressure
 Systolic, mmHg ±SD132.9±15.2124.3±13.0<0.001127.9±12.3125.3±14.30.240
 Diastolic, mmHg ±SD84.1±8.982.0±9.00.20785.2±7.781.5±9.20.006
Systolic ≥140 mmHg or diastolic ≥90 mmHg, n (%)23 (59.0)44 (27.3)<0.00117 (32.1)37 (25.2)0.332
Urinary ACR, mg/g ±SD55.2±125.815.4±35.30.05743.6±111.415.7±34.60.078
 >30, n (%)13 (33.3)17 (10.6)0.00112 (22.6)18 (12.2)0.069
 >300, n (%)1 (2.6)1 (0.6)0.3531 (1.9)1 (0.7)0.461
Diabetes, n (%)3 (7.7)5 (3.1)0.1893 (5.7)6 (4.1)0.702
Malignancy, n (%)2 (5.1)8 (5.0)1.000010 (6.8)0.065
CAD, n (%)01 (0.6)01 (0.7)
CVA, n (%)0000
Dyslipidemia, n (%)10 (25.6)20 (12.4)0.0478 (15.1)22 (15.0)0.982
Current smoker, n (%)6 (15.4)35 (21.7)0.508
Hypertension, n (%)20 (37.7)47 (32.0)0.446
mGFR, ml/min/1.73 m ±SD71.8±17.674.9±12.70.31178.6±15.373.3±11.40.025
Hemoglobin, g/dl ±SD14.2±1.314.4±1.50.45015.2±1.214.0±1.4<0.001
Glucose, mg/dl ±SD104.3±13.699.2±12.50.025104.2±14.898.7±11.80.018
Hemoglobin A1c, % ±SD5.7±0.55.5±0.70.3325.5±0.45.6±0.80.841
HDL-cholesterol, mg/dl ± SD53.9±11.751.9±10.30.28949.9±9.953.1±10.70.057
LDL-cholesterol, mg/dl ± SD154.9±101.0141.4±29.10.415156.1±85.6139±30.70.047
Triglyceride, mg/dl ±SD155.0±93.8154.5±99.70.977186.6±114.0143.1±89.70.005
mGFR – measured glomerular filtration rate; HTN – hypertension, BMI – body mass index, SD – standard deviation, ACR; – albumin-to-creatinine ratio, CAD – coronary artery disease; CVA – cerebrovascular accident; HDL; high-density lipoprotein, LDL; low-density lipoprotein.

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Annals of Transplantation eISSN: 2329-0358
Annals of Transplantation eISSN: 2329-0358