Background. Scarcity of grafts for kidney transplantation (KTX) caused an increased consideration of deceased donors with\nsubstantial risk factors. There is no agreement on which ones are detrimental for overall graft-survival. Therefore, we investigated\nin a nationwidemulticentre study the impact of donor and recipient related risks known before KTX on graft-survival based on the\noriginal data used for allocation and graft acceptance. Methods. A nationwide deidentified multicenter study-database was created\nof data concerning kidneys donated and transplanted in Germany between 2006 and 2008 as provided by the national organ\nprocurement organization (Deutsche Stiftung Organtransplantation) and BQS Institute. Multiple Cox regression (significance\nlevel 5%, hazard ratio [95% CI]) was conducted (
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