Indigenous Australians and Living Kidney Donation

To the Editor: Indigenous Australians comprise 2.5% of the total population of Australia, but like other minority groups worldwide, rates of chronic kidney disease are higher among this indigenous group than among the general population. Transplantation remains the preferred form of renal-replacement therapy, and the use of living donors maximizes transplantation rates with a generally minimal long-term effect on donors.1 However, the consequences of the use of this strategy in indigenous Australians are unclear, given the likelihood of a family or community history of chronic kidney disease in potential donors. We performed a retrospective analysis of all living kidney donors . . .