Are Kidney Donor Risk Index/Kidney Donor Profile Index Scores Predictor of Future Graft Function?

Kidney donor profile index (KDPI) is a method developed to assess donor kidney quality for cadaveric transplants. We investigated the relationship between kidney donor risk index (KDRI) and KDPI scores of cadaveric transplants in the last five years in our clinic and current graft conditions. Forty people (12 females, 28 males; mean age, 46.35 + 8.94 years), who underwent cadaveric transplantation between January 2013 and March 2018, were participated in this study. At the same time, the KPDI and KDRI scores of the donor’s kidneys were calculated and then compared with that of the recipients’ data. The mean KDRI value of donors was 1.11 ± 0.33 and the median KDPI value was 60.50%. KDRI/KDPI scores were found to be high in women (P = 0.021) and, when the posttransplant findings of the recipients were evaluated by bivariate correlation analysis KDRI/KDPI scores were positively correlated with the day when creatinine (Cr) values started to fall off spontaneously (r = 0.457, P = 0.003). It was observed that recipients who were transplanted from the donors with high KDRI/KDPI scores had higher Cr levels (P