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SUBMITTER: Locke JE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5313335 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Locke Jayme E JE Reed Rhiannon D RD Massie Allan A MacLennan Paul A PA Sawinski Deirdre D Kumar Vineeta V Mehta Shikha S Mannon Roslyn B RB Gaston Robert R Lewis Cora E CE Segev Dorry L DL
Kidney international 20161229 3
Determining candidacy for live kidney donation among obese individuals remains challenging. Among healthy non-donors, body mass index (BMI) above 30 is associated with a 16% increase in risk of end-stage renal disease (ESRD). However, the impact on the ESRD risk attributable to donation and living with only one kidney remains unknown. Here we studied the risk of ESRD associated with obesity at the time of donation among 119 769 live kidney donors in the United States. Maximum follow-up was 20 ye ...[more]