TABLE 6.
Recipient-related reasons for disqualification from LKD program.
| Recipient-related contraindications | n = 60 |
| Medical n (%) | |
| Multiple comorbidities | 9 (15.0) |
| BMI > 35 kg/m2 (without weight loss during evaluation) | 3 (5.0) |
| Malignancy | 11 (18.3) |
| Prostate cancer | 3 (5.0) |
| Other malignancies* | 8 (13.3) |
| Cardiovascular complications | 5 (8.3) |
| Death during LKD evaluation | 3 (5.0) |
| Long dialysis vintage | 5 (8.3) |
| Stable kidney function | 11 (18.3) |
| Received deceased kidney or changed to ESP program | 4 (6.7) |
| Listed for simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplantation | 4 (6.7) |
| Other** | 9 (15.0) |
| Psychosocial n (%) | |
| Psychological assessment | 4 (6.7) |
| Non-adherence | 1 (1.7) |
| Other*** | 2 (3.3) |
*Includes Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, leukemia, melanoma. **Includes uncontrolled hyperparathyroidism, multiple abscesses, chronic pancreatitis. ***Includes insecurity and anxiety of the recipient toward LKD. Some patients qualified for more than one category. n, number; %, percent.