Posted Jan 31, 2009
A U.S. study indicates people who donate one of their kidneys have survival rates similar to that of non-donors.
The University of Minnesota study also suggests the risk of end-stage renal disease is not increased by a kidney donation.
The researchers surveyed 3,698 people who donated kidneys from 1963 through 2007 and from 2003 through 2007. The medical scientists found the survival of kidney donors was similar to that of controls who were matched for age, sex and race or ethnic group. End-stage renal disease developed in 11 donors — a rate of 180 cases per million people per year, as compared with a rate of 268 per million per year in the general population.
The scientists said most donors who were studied had an excellent quality of life.
The study that included Drs. Hassan Ibrahim, LiPing Tan and Arthur Matas, as well as Robert Foley, Tyson Rogers, Robert Bailey, Hongfei Guo and Cynthia Gross appears in the New England Journal of Medicine.
URL: www.upi.com
Date: Jan 27, 2009
