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ArticleKidney research and clinical practice2025

Comparisons of clinical outcomes between hypertensive and normotensive living kidney donors: a prospective, multicenter nationwide cohort study.

Jong Ho Kim, Yu Ho Lee, Dae Kyu Kim, Jin Sug Kim, Kyung Hwan Jeong, Ku Yong Chung, Jong Cheol Jeong, Soo Jin Na Choi, Jaeseok Yang, Myoung Soo Kim and 1 more

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Jong Ho KimDivision of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University Hospital, Kyung Hee University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Yu Ho LeeDivision of Nephrology, Department of International Medicine, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University, Seongnam, Republic of Korea.
Dae Kyu KimDivision of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University Hospital, Kyung Hee University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Jin Sug KimDivision of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University Hospital, Kyung Hee University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Kyung Hwan JeongDivision of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University Hospital, Kyung Hee University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Ku Yong ChungDepartment of Surgery, Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Jong Cheol JeongDepartment of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Republic of Korea.
Soo Jin Na ChoiDepartment of Surgery, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Republic of Korea.
Jaeseok YangDivision of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Myoung Soo KimDepartment of Surgery, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Hyeon Seok HwangDivision of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University Hospital, Kyung Hee University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

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National Institute of Health research project 2014-ER6301-00, 2014-ER6301-01, 2014-ER6301-02, 2017-ER6301-00, 2017-ER6301-01, 2017- ER6301-02, 2020-ER7201-00, 2020-ER7201-01National Research Foundation of Korea RS-2023-00213976
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backgroundLiving kidney donors with hypertension are potential candidates for solving the donor shortages in renal transplantation. However, the safety of donors with hypertension after nephrectomy has not been sufficiently confirmed.

methodsA total of 642 hypertensive and 4,848 normotensive living kidney donors who were enrolled in the Korean Organ Transplantation Registry between May 2014 and December 2020 were included in this study. The study endpoints were a decreased estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and proteinuria.

resultsIn the entire cohort, donors with hypertension had a lower eGFR before nephrectomy in comparison to normotensive donors which remained lower after kidney transplantation. The incidence of proteinuria in hypertensive donors increased during follow-up. In propensity score-matched analysis, the risk of eGFR being <60 mL/min/1.73 m2 (hazard ratio [HR], 0.77; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.50-1.19) or <45 mL/min/1.73 m2 (HR, 0.50; 95% CI, 0.06-4.03) was not significantly increased in donors with hypertension. However, hypertensive donors were found to have a significantly higher risk of proteinuria than normotensive donors (HR, 2.28; 95% CI, 1.05-4.94). Similar findings were also observed in the analysis of the entire cohort, indicating that hypertensive donors had a significantly higher risk of proteinuria (adjusted HR, 1.77; 95% CI, 1.10-2.85), without a substantial increase in the risk of decreased renal function.

conclusionThe risk of proteinuria after donation was substantially increased in donors with hypertension. These findings underscore the need for careful monitoring of proteinuria in hypertensive donors following donation.

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Glomerular filtration rateHypertensionKidney transplantationLiving donorsProteinuria

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