TABLE 2.
Web-Based Calculators for Estimating Risk of Adverse Outcomes in Kidney Donors
| Reference | Grams et al,90 2016 | Massie et al,91 2017 | Palzer et al,93 2020 |
| Data source | 7 General population cohorts | National donor registry | Single center |
| Follow-up | Median per cohort, 4–16 y | Not available | Median, 22.8 y (range, 0.8–56.4 y) |
| Predictor variables | |||
| Age | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Sex | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Race | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Myocardial infarction | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Donor/recipient relationship | ✕ | ✕ | |
| eGFR | ✕ | ✕ | |
| Creatinine | ✕ | ||
| Urinary albumin to creatinine ratio | ✕ | ||
| Smoking history | ✕ | ✕ | |
| Systolic BP | ✕ | ✕ | |
| Diastolic BP | ✕ | ||
| Hypertension medications | ✕ | ||
| Non—insulin-dependent diabetes | ✕ | ||
| Glucose | ✕ | ||
| Family history | |||
| Hypertension | ✕ | ||
| Hyperlipidemia | ✕ | ||
| Recipient type l diabetes | ✕ | ||
| Recipient type 2 diabetes | ✕ | ||
| Outcomes predicted | 15-y and lifetime risk of diabetes; proteinuria; kidney failure without eGFR <60, <45, <30 mL/min/1.73 m2 donation | 20-y donor risk of kidney failure | 40-y donor risk of hypertension |
BP = blood pressure; eGFR = estimated glomerular filtration rate.
From Nat Rev Nephrol,96 with permission.