Patient and Center Level Factors Associated with Required Pre-donation Weight Loss among Obese Living Kidney Donors.
Jackson PerryM Chandler McLeodRhiannon D ReedGavin A BakerLuke A StanfordJoshua AllenBernarez JonesTayana RobinsonPaul A MacLennanVineeta KumarJayme E LockePublished in: Kidney360 (2024)
These results suggest that both center and patient-level factors influence whether OLKDs are required to lose weight prior to donation. Future study is needed to determine whether pre-donation weight loss is associated with improved long-term post-donation outcomes.