Effect of the Obesity Epidemic on Kidney Transplantation: Obesity Is Independent of Diabetes as a Risk Factor for Adverse Renal Transplant Outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Obesity is a growing epidemic in most developed countries including the United States resulting in an increased number of obese patients with end-stage renal disease. A previous study has shown that obese patients with end-stage renal disease have a survival benefit with transplantation compared with dialysis. However, due to serious comorbidities, many centers place restrictions on the selection of obese patients for transplantation. Further, due to obese patients having an increased risk of diabetes, it is unclear whether obesity can be an independent risk, independent of diabetes for increasing adverse renal transplant outcomes.

Methods

To investigate the role of obesity in kidney transplantation, we used the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients databas

SUBMITTER: Kwan JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5112887 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature