Ethnically diverse populations and their participation in living kidney donation programs.

Background: The number of living donor kidney transplantations increases steeply in Europeans, whereas the non-Europeans are dependent on deceased donor transplantations. We wondered whether a low attendance or a high decline of potential non-European donors could explain this difference.

Methods: This retrospective study includes all 1059 potential living kidney donors who attended our pretransplant clinic between 2000 and 2007.