JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association
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Comment Multicenter Study
Hypertension and Kidney Function After Living Kidney Donation.
Recent guidelines call for better evidence on health outcomes after living kidney donation. ⋯ In this cohort study of living kidney donors and nondonors with the same follow-up schedule, the risks of hypertension and albuminuria were not significantly different. After the initial drop in eGFR from nephrectomy, donors had a slower mean rate of eGFR decline than nondonors but were more likely to have an eGFR between 30 and 60 mL/min/1.73 m2 at least once in follow-up.