Table I.

Risk factors for the development of delayed graft function, with bold-faced characteristics identified in multiple studies (adapted from (18).

Donor-related	Recipient-related
Female gender	Male gender
Increasing age	Black race
Body mass index	Body mass index
Deceased vs living donation	Previous transplant
Donation after cardiac death	Diabetes
Increasing donor serum creatinine	Pre-transplant dialysis versus none
Cause of death (anoxia vs cerebrovascular)	Duration and type of dialysis
Duration of intensive care stay	Residual diuresis
Duration of brain death	Pre-transplant transfusion
Diabetes	Pre-transplant blood pressure
History of hypertension	Pre-transplant lipid profile
Graft atherosclerosis	Cardiac function
Preservation	Transplant-related
Cold ischemic time (CIT)	Sensitization
Warm ischemic time	HLA mismatches
	ABO incompatibility