Journal article
Medical Outcomes in African American Live Kidney Donors: A Matched Cohort Study
Abstract
It is uncertain if live kidney donation increases future risk of hypertension and kidney disease in African Americans. We conducted a cohort study across two transplant centers enrolling African Americans who donated between 1993 and 2006. A comparison group of African American nondonors were selected from healthy participants in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) prospective cohort study. A total of 103 donors and …
Authors
Doshi MD; Goggins MO; Li L; Garg AX
Journal
American Journal of Transplantation, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 111–118
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
January 2013
DOI
10.1111/j.1600-6143.2012.04303.x
ISSN
1600-6135