Outcomes in Obese Kidney Transplant Recipients L.W. Gusukuma*, K.M. Harada, A.P.M. Baptista, M.R.P. Alencar, T.V. de Sandes-Freitas, H. Tedesco-Silva Jr, and J.O. Medina-Pestana Nephrology Division, Hospital do Rim e Hipertensão, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

ABSTRACT Background. Kidney transplantation (KT) in obese patients is controversial. The present study aimed to evaluate patient and graft survival and post-transplantation complications between obese and nonobese recipients. Methods. Patients (n ¼ 3,054) receiving a KT from 1998 to 2008 were divided according to body mass index (BMI) into 3 groups for analysis: group I: BMI 18 years of age, who underwent renal transplantation from August 1998 to December 2008 at the

*Address correspondence to Luciana Wang Gusukuma, MD, Nephrology Division, Hospital do Rim e Hipertensão, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Rua Borges Lagoa 960, 11 andar, CEP 04038-002, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. E-mail: luwg@ hotmail.com

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Transplantation Proceedings, 46, 3416e3419 (2014)

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Table 1. Demographic Characteristics, Patient, Graft, and Death-Censored Graft Survival Rates, and Post-transplantation Complications Among Body Mass Index (BMI) Groups BMI

Outcomes in obese kidney transplant recipients.

Kidney transplantation (KT) in obese patients is controversial. The present study aimed to evaluate patient and graft survival and post-transplantatio...
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