Dataset from: evaluation of potential kidney donors and outcomes post-donation at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital (1983-2015)

This is dataset for a retrospective observational study. It was conducted inclusive of all patients attending the Living Donor Clinic in the Renal Unit at the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital over a 32-year period between 01 January 1983 and 31 July 2015. The cohort comprised of 1208 potential living donors, of which 910 are failed living donors, assessed between 01 January 1990 and 31 July 2015 and 298 are accepted living donors, assessed between 01 January 1983 and 31 July 2015The data was collected from existing clinical records of the Living Donor Clinic held by the Division of Nephrology at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital. This was performed by the primary investigator / first author in a pseudo-anonymized fashion and stored securely in an Excel database. Procedures pertaining to original data capturing to clinical records by the data manager were in accordance with the standard operating procedure set out by the Transplant Unit at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital.