ArticleClinical transplantation2018
Increasing kidney donor profile index sequence does not adversely affect medium-term health-related quality of life after kidney transplantation.
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- Quantifying Center-level Aggressiveness in Transplanting Suboptimal, Deceased Donor Kidneys in the United States.Transplantation direct · 2026Article
- Disparities in Deceased Donor Kidney Offer Acceptance: A Survey of Canadian Transplant Nephrologists, General Surgeons and Urologists.Canadian journal of kidney health and disease · 2023Article
- A Comorbidity Index and Pretransplant Physical Status Predict Survival in Older Kidney Transplant Recipients: A National Prospective Study.Transplantation direct · 2022Article
- Association Between Declined Offers of Deceased Donor Kidney Allograft and Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Candidates.JAMA network open · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe United Network for Organ Sharing system allocates deceased donor kidneys based on the kidney donor profile index (KDPI), stratified as sequences (A ≤ 20%, B > 20-<35%, C ≥ 35-≤85%, and D > 85%), with increasing KDPI associated with decreased graft survival. While health-related quality of life (HRQOL) may improve after transplantation, the effect of donor kidney quality, reflected by KDPI sequence, on post-transplant HRQOL has not been reported.
methodsHealth-related quality of life was measured using the eight scales and physical and mental component summaries (PCS, MCS) of the SF-36
resultsA total of 141 waitlisted adults and 505 recipients (>1700 observations) were included. Pretransplant PCS and MCS averaged, respectively, slightly below and within general population norms (GPN; 40-60). At 31 ± 26 months post-transplant, average PCS (41 ± 11) and MCS (51 ± 11), overall and within each KDPI sequence, were within GPN. KDPI sequence was not related to post-transplant HRQOL (P > .134) or its trajectory (interaction P > .163).
conclusionIncreasing KDPI does not adversely affect the medium-term values and trajectories of HRQOL after kidney transplantation. This may reassure patients and centers when considering using high KDPI kidneys.
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