Kidney Donors With Diabetes: Renal Biopsy Findings at Time of Transplantation and Their Significance

Diabetes (DM) is an increasingly significant factor in renal transplantation. DM, both diagnosed and undiagnosed, is noted in as many as 9.3% of the US adult population.1 According to the 2013 and 2015 Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients Reports, about 8% of deceased donors have DM and up to 40% of kidneys from diabetic donors were discarded.2,