
Chance, biology, and shared genetics may explain more small for gestational age births after living kidney donation.

Amit X. Garg, MD, PhD, is a professor of medicine, epidemiology and biostatistics at Western University, nephrologist at London Health Sciences Centre.

Chance, biology, and shared genetics may explain more small for gestational age births after living kidney donation.

Future pregnancy plans don’t preclude living kidney donation, but candidates should be counseled on gestational hypertension risk.

A Canadian cohort found modestly greater preeclampsia risk after donation, though most pregnancies were uncomplicated.