Variation in Dialysis Exposure Prior to Nonpreemptive Living Donor Kidney Transplantation in the United States and Its Association With Allograft Outcomes

Longer pretransplantation dialysis exposure in nonpreemptive living donor kidney transplantation is associated with increased risk for allograft failure. Pretransplantation dialysis exposure is associated with recipients' sociodemographic and transplantation centers' characteristics. Understanding whether limiting pretransplantation dialysis exposure could improve living donor transplant outcomes will require further study.