Long‐term kidney transplant outcome in obese patients in a predominantly African American population

摘要: Karabicak I, Aytug S, Lewis Shah Sumrani N, Hayat A, Distant DA, Salifu MO. Long-term kidney transplant outcome in obese patients a predominantly African American population. Clin Transplant 2011: 25: E264–E270. © 2011 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Abstract:  The impact of obesity on long-term has largely been studied non-African patients. This study seeks to determine differences between and non-obese after transplantation, We reviewed 642 adult renal recipients who received their transplants at SUNY Downstate Medical Center 1998 2007. Sixty-six percent the were American. divided into five groups according BMI status: underweight  0.5), respectively. Acute rejection rates, delayed graft function, survival, patient survival not different groups. findings from this large single-center suggest that morbidly had similar outcomes compared other weight Obese should be excluded transplantation basis alone.