Delayed graft function  continues to pose a significant challenge to clinicians in the context of kidney transplantation.
The objective of this retrospective, 5-year analysis is to identify the parameters of beating-heart donors and those of recipients that affect the delayed development of graft function
The monitored group was composed of 152 beating-heart donors and 179 recipients. Delayed graft function   was identified in 32 patients (17%). The predictor for development of delayed graft function  was the body mass index of the donor [odds ratio 1.1473; 95% CI 1.0017–1.3140 (P = 0.0472)], and the independent risk factors were donor body mass index 30–34.9 kg/m2 [hazard ratio (HR) 6.0215; 95% CI 1.4188–25.556 (P = 0.0149)], donor body mass index  ≥35 kg/m2 [HR 13.5484; 95% CI 1.4575–125.938 (P = 0.0220)], and abuse of alcohol in the donor´s history [HR 1.779; 95% CI 1.0679–2.964 (P = 0.0270)].