Table 1.
Descriptive table of selected clinical scoring system
| Score | Authors | Variables included in risk score | Score grades | Outcome |
| Expanded criteria donor | Port et al[58], 2002 | Donor age | SCD | Relative risk of graft failure compared to SCD |
| Cerebrovascular accident as cause of death | ECD | RR>1.7 | ||
| Serum creatinine> 1.5mg/dL | ||||
| History of hypertension | ||||
| Deceased donor score | Nyberg et al[65], 2003 | Age | 5-year graft survival | |
| History of hypertension | A (0-9 points) | Grade A 82% | ||
| Creatinine clearance | B (10-19 points) | Grade B 79% | ||
| HLA mismatch | C (20-29 points) | Grade C 72% | ||
| Cause of death | D (30-39 points) | Grade D 65% | ||
| Donor risk score (DRS) | Schold et al[67], 2005 | Donor risk factors | 5-year graft survival | |
| Race | I | Grade I 76.7% | ||
| Age | II | Grade II 73.6% | ||
| History of hypertension | III | Grade III 66.3% | ||
| History of diabetes | IV | Grade IV54.8% | ||
| Cause of death | V | Grade V 47.6% | ||
| History of hypertension | ||||
| History of diabetes | ||||
| Cause of death | ||||
| HLA-Dr mismatch | ||||
| CMV mismatch | ||||
| Cold ischemia time | ||||
| DGF nomogram | Irish et al[70], 2003 | Donor risk factors | Continuous point score | Delayed graft function |
| Age | ||||
| Serum creatinine | ||||
| History of hypertension | ||||
| Cause of death | ||||
| Donor after cardiac death | ||||
| Recipient risk factors | ||||
| Peak PRA | ||||
| Race | ||||
| Gender | ||||
| History of diabetes mellitus | ||||
| Previous transplant | ||||
| Pretransplant dialysis | ||||
| Pretransplant transfusions | ||||
| Combined transplantation | ||||
| HLA mismatch | ||||
| Cold ischemia time | ||||
| KDRI | Rao et al[71], 2009 | Donor risk factors | KDRI quintile | 5-year graft survival |
| Age | 0.45-0.79 | 82% | ||
| Race | 0.80-0.96 | 79% | ||
| Height | 0.97-1.15 | NA | ||
| Weight | 1.16-1.45 | NA | ||
| History of hypertension | >1.45 | 63% | ||
| History of diabetes | ||||
| Cause of death | ||||
| Serum creatinine | ||||
| Hepatitis C | ||||
| Donation after cardiac death | ||||
| HLA-B mismatch | ||||
| HLA-DR mismatch | ||||
| Cold ischemia time | ||||
| Double or en bloc transplant | ||||
| Donor-only KDRI | OPTN[72], 2014 | Donor risk factors | 5-year graft survival | |
| Age | <0.6 | 80% | ||
| Race | 0.61-0.79 | 78% | ||
| Height | 0.80-0.99 | 74% | ||
| Weight | 1.00-1.19 | 66% | ||
| History of hypertension | 1.20-1.59 | 59% | ||
| History of diabetes | 1.60-1.99 | 52% | ||
| Cause of death | >1.99 | 44% | ||
| Serum creatinine | ||||
| Hepatitis C | ||||
| Donation after cardiac death |
ECD: Expanded criteria donor; KDRI: Kidney donor risk index; OPTN: The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network; SCD: Standard criteria donor.