Why the study?
Does recipient obesity increase the risk of delayed graft function and graft failure in renal transplant recipients?
Population
Renal transplant recipients in the United Network for Organ Sharing database from January 1, 2004, through…
Comparison
Class I obese, class II obese, and class III obese vs Nonobese (BMI < 30)
Design
Cohort
Authors
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Obesity alone should not bar renal transplantation; extends observational evidence linking BMI to DGF and graft failure.
Does recipient obesity increase the risk of delayed graft function and graft failure in renal transplant recipients?
Recipient obesity increases the risk of delayed graft function and graft failure after renal transplantation, though the differences in graft survival do not justify denying transplantation based solely on BMI.
Cannon et al. (2013) studied this question.
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