Impact of obesity on development of chronic renal allograft dysfunction

Impact of obesity on development of chronic renal allograft dysfunction

Obesity in nontransplant patients has been associated with hypertension, hyperlipi-demia, diabetes, and proteinuria. To determine whether renal transplant recipients with an elevated BMI have worse long term graft survival, we prospectively studied 92 patients transplanted between April 1999 and Jul...

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Main Authors: Jahromi Alireza, Jalali Ghanbar, Roozbeh Jamshid
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2009-01-01
Series:Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation
Subjects:
Renal transplantation
Chronic renal allograft dysfunction
Obesity
Body mass index
Outcome
Online Access:http://www.sjkdt.org/article.asp?issn=1319-2442;year=2009;volume=20;issue=3;spage=375;epage=377;aulast=Jahromi

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