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SUBMITTER: Molnar MZ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5489124 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Molnar Miklos Z MZ Kovesdy Csaba P CP Mucsi Istvan I Bunnapradist Suphamai S Streja Elani E Krishnan Mahesh M Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar K
Kidney international 20110427 2
To examine whether a higher body mass index (BMI) in kidney recipients is associated with delayed graft function (DGF), we analyzed data from 11,836 hemodialysis patients in the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients who underwent kidney transplantation. The patient cohort included women, blacks, and diabetics; the average age was 49 years; and the mean BMI was 26.8 kg/m(2). After adjusting for relevant covariates, multivariate logistic regression analyses found that one standard deviation ...[more]