The effect of body mass index at the time of donation on postoperative and remote consequences of nephrectomy in 189 living-related kidney donors

Peer review under responsibility of Arab Association of Urology.

Figures & data

Table 1 The epidemiological characteristics of the donors.

Variable	%
Gender
Male	59
Female	41
Marital status
Single	61
Married	33
Relationship to the recipient
Ascendants	42
Descendants	1
Collaterals	46
Spouses	9
Educational grade
Illiterate	27
Primary school	26
High school	23
College	14
Imprecise	10
Smoking
Smokers	28
Non-smokers	60
Unspecified	12

Figure 1 The distribution of donors with chronic renal failure, according to their BMI.