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Observational studyScientific reports2025

Clinical outcomes of living kidney transplantation from donors aged 70 years and older: a Japanese multicenter study.

Ryohei Yamamoto, Mitsuru Saito, Tomohiko Matsuura, Shingo Hatakeyama, Hayato Nishida, Shinya Maita, Kengo Furihata, Chika Kajiwara, Mizuki Mori, Yu Aoyama and 8 more

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18 authors.

Ryohei YamamotoDepartment of Urology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Hondo, Akita City, 010-8543, Japan.
Mitsuru SaitoDepartment of Urology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Hondo, Akita City, 010-8543, Japan. urosaito@gmail.com.
Tomohiko MatsuuraDepartment of Urology, Iwate Medical University, Iwate, Japan.
Shingo HatakeyamaDepartment of Urology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan.
Hayato NishidaDepartment of Urology, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan.
Shinya MaitaDepartment of Urology, Iwate Prefectural Isawa Hospital, Oshu, Japan.
Kengo FurihataDepartment of Urology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Hondo, Akita City, 010-8543, Japan.
Chika KajiwaraDepartment of Urology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Hondo, Akita City, 010-8543, Japan.
Mizuki MoriDepartment of Urology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Hondo, Akita City, 010-8543, Japan.
Yu AoyamaDepartment of Urology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Hondo, Akita City, 010-8543, Japan.
Ayato ItoDepartment of Urology, Iwate Medical University, Iwate, Japan.
Reiichi MurakamiDepartment of Cardiology and Nephrology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan.
Hirofumi TomitaDepartment of Cardiology and Nephrology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan.
Hisao SaitohDepartment of Urology, Oyokyo Kidney Research Institute, Hirosaki, Japan.
Norihiko TsuchiyaDepartment of Urology, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan.
Chikara OhyamaDepartment of Urology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan.
Wataru ObaraDepartment of Urology, Iwate Medical University, Iwate, Japan.
Tomonori HabuchiDepartment of Urology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Hondo, Akita City, 010-8543, Japan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The persistent organ shortage has led to the consideration of “marginal” donors, including those of advanced age, but the outcomes of using living kidney donors aged 70 years or older remain debated. This multicenter retrospective cohort study aimed to evaluate the propriety of kidney donation from older adult donors by analyzing the association between transplant outcomes and recipient age. Using data from 633 adult living-donor kidney transplants, we compared an elderly donor group (age ≥ 70 years, n = 75) with a non-elderly donor group (age < 70 years, n = 558). After 1:1 propensity score matching, the elderly donor group showed significantly lower death-censored graft survival. However, this disadvantage disappeared entirely in recipients aged 50 years or older, who exhibited comparable death-censored graft survival to those with non-elderly donors (p = 0.743). In contrast, recipients younger than 50 years who received grafts from elderly donors had markedly inferior death-censored graft survival (p = 0.008). In conclusion, using living kidney donors aged ≥ 70 years is a viable strategy to expand the donor pool, but its success is influenced by recipient age. These results support an age-sensitive approach in counseling and decision-making for kidney transplantation.

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Kidney TransplantationLiving DonorsAdultAgedAge FactorsEast Asian PeopleFemaleGraft SurvivalHumansJapanMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesTreatment OutcomeAge matchingGraft survivalLiving kidney donationMarginal donorOlder adult donorPropensity score matching

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PMID41413199
PMCPMC12824302

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