Recipient obesity as a risk factor in kidney transplantation

Recipient obesity as a risk factor in kidney transplantation

Abstract Background The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of recipient obesity on the short- and long-term outcomes of patients undergoing primary kidney transplantation (KT). Patients and methods A total of 578 patients receiving primary KT in our department between 1993 and 2017 were...

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Main Authors: Uwe Scheuermann, Jonas Babel, Uta-Carolin Pietsch, Antje Weimann, Orestis Lyros, Katrin Semmling, Hans-Michael Hau, Daniel Seehofer, Sebastian Rademacher, Robert Sucher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-01-01
Series:BMC Nephrology
Subjects:
Kidney transplantation
Obesity
Body mass index
Outcome
Survival
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-022-02668-z

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