Table 3 Causes of discontinuation to donate living kidneys.
From: Barriers to the donation of living kidneys for kidney transplantation
Causes of donation discontinuation | N = 902 | Number (%) |
|---|---|---|
Donor-related factors | 444 (49.2%) | |
Low eGFR | 17 (1.9%) | |
Diabetes mellitus | 37 (4.1%) | |
Hypertension | 41 (4.4%) | |
Glomerulonephritis | 25 (2.8%) | |
Obesity | 20 (2.2%) | |
Malignancy | 16 (1.8%) | |
Stone | 14 (1.6%) | |
Old age (≥ 60 years) | 8 (0.9%) | |
Genetic disease | 7 (0.8%) | |
Cardiovascular disease | 6 (0.7%) | |
Anatomical problems | 5 (0.6%) | |
Viral hepatitis | 5 (0.6%) | |
Major psychiatric disorder | 3 (0.3%) | |
Unmarried status or pregnancy | 9 (1.0%) | |
Presence of better donor | 61 (6.7%) | |
Failure of KONOS approval | 48 (5.3%) | |
Withdrawal of donation consent | 113 (12.5%) | |
Miscellaneous | 9 (1.0%) | |
Recipient-related factors | 146 (16.2%) | |
Cardiovascular disease | 22 (2.4%) | |
Malignancy | 28 (3.1%) | |
Infection | 8 (0.9%) | |
Neurogenic bladder | 2 (0.2%) | |
High risk of recurrent renal disease | 4 (0.4%) | |
Registration for multiorgan deceased donor transplantation | 5 (0.6%) | |
Deceased donor transplantation during work-up | 6 (0.7%) | |
Death during work-up | 8 (0.9%) | |
Improved renal function | 2 (0.2%) | |
Refusal by recipients | 53 (5.9%) | |
Miscellaneous | 8 (0.9%) | |
Mismatch between donors and recipients | 229 (25.4%) | |
Positive cross-match test results | 192 (21.2%) | |
Positive DSA with negative cross-match test results | 6 (0.7%) | |
HLA mismatching | 10 (1.1%) | |
ABO-incompatibility | 14 (1.6%) | |
Recipient BSA/donor BSA > 1.3 | 7 (0.8%) | |
Other causes | 83 (9.2%) | |
Decline by family | 39 (4.3%) | |
Delay | 6 (0.7%) | |
Transfer or follow-up loss | 38 (4.2%) |
