Feasible kidney donation with living marginal donors, including diabetes mellitus

Objectives To compare the donor outcomes of living donor kidney transplantation between standard donors (SDs) and marginal donors (MDs) including diabetic patients (MD + DM). Methods MDs were defined according to Japanese guideline criteria: (a) age >70‐years, (b) blood pressure ≤130/80 mmHg on hypertension medicine, (c) body mass index >25 to ≤32 kg/m 2 , (d) 24‐h creatinine clearance ≥70 to <80 ml/min/1.73 m 2 , and (e) hemoglobin A1c...