Worth knowing if you are considering being a living kidney donor: African American and Latino kidney donors have a higher incidence of hypertension, diabetes and chronic kidney disease, post-donation. And African American and Latino people in general have a higher incidence of those conditions, so I guess it makes sense.
Researchers say that while these findings should not be used to discourage anyone from donating … these factors should be taken into consideration when counseling potential donors about their future health risks.
Yeah, so take a closer look at your pre-kidney donation test results and your family history, and see what the risk is for you. I took all my test results to my personal physician to get a second opinion before I donated a kidney. It definitely gave me peace of mind to share the information with someone who knew my body better than the kidney transplant team did.