A vectorised function to calculate the UK Kidney Donor Risk Index as used in the new national kidney matching scheme implemented in September 2019.
ukkdri(age, height, htn, sex, cmv, gfr, hdays)
| age | numeric vector of donor age in years |
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| height | numeric vector of donor height in cm |
| htn | numeric vector of whether donor history of hypertension (1 = yes, 0 = no) |
| sex | character vector of donor sex ("F" = female, "M" = male) |
| cmv | numeric vector of whether donor CMV IgG positive (1 = yes, 0 = no) |
| gfr | numeric vector of donor eGFR at time of donation |
| hdays | numeric vector of number of days donor in hospital before donation |
numeric vector of UK Kidney Donor Risk Index values (2019 version)
The UK KDRI is documented in the UK kidney matching policy which can be found on the NHS Blood & Transplant ODT website at www.odt.nhs.uk
ukkdri(age = 50, height = 170, htn = 1, sex = "F", cmv = 0, gfr = 90, hdays = 2)#> [1] 0.9950125