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We performed a retrospective cohort study with 2,939 kidney transplant patients from two tertiary teaching hospitals in Korea. RDW level at transplantation and 3-months post-transplantation were collected. Those with RDW in the upper quartile range were considered to have increased RDW (&gt;14.9%). Death-with-graft-function (DWGF), death-censored graft failure (DCGF), and composite graft loss were assessed as the study outcomes, using multivariable cox proportional hazard model. At the median follow-up duration of 6.6 (3.6\u201311.4) years, 336 patients experienced graft loss. There were 679 patients with elevated RDW at 3-months post-transplant. Elevated RDW was associated with composite graft loss (adjusted hazard ratio, 1.60, 95% confidence interval, 1.23\u20132.07, P\u2009&lt;\u20090.001), even after adjusted for hemoglobin and various clinical factors. The 1% increment of post-transplant RDW was also significantly associated with the outcome, regardless of the presence of anemia. 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