Association Between a Change in Donor Kidney Function and Long-Term Allograft Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients

Reserve capacity of donated kidney may be an important determinant of allograft survival in kidney transplantation (KT). Here, we investigate change in estimated glomerular filtration rate of donor kidney (ΔeGFR(Donor)) over 30 days after KT as a predictor of the allograft function. A total of 222 recipients were divided into two groups according to ΔeGFR(Donor) as follows: Group I (n = 110), ΔeGFR(Donor) ≥ -25%; Group II (n = 112), ΔeGFR(Donor)