Obesity Is Associated with Increased Risk of Mortality among Living Kidney Donors

Background Living kidney donor (LKD) demographics have changed, and United States transplant centers have relaxed selection criteria to include LKDs who are obese. Recently, it has been demonstrated that obese LKDs have increased risk for post-donation end-stage renal disease (ESRD) compared to their non-obese counterparts. However, no study to-date has examined post-donation mortality risk among obese LKDs. Materials and Methods 119,769 LKDs...