FIELD: medicine.SUBSTANCE: invention relates to medicine and can be used as a criterion for predicting the degree of risk of kidney rejection before its transplantation. In the blood of the recipient prior to surgery, the level of cytokine concentration is determined in the complex: IL-1RA, IL-2, IL-6, Eotaxin, MCP-1, MIP-1alpha, MIP-1beta, SDF-1alpha, GM-CSF, BDNF, LIF and the level of cytokine values predict a low degree of rejection risk, uncertain or significant.EFFECT: method helps to prevent graft loss by conducting preventive treatment.1 cl, 1 tbl, 5 ex