The Effects of Body Mass Index on Graft Survival in Adult Recipients Transplanted with Single Pediatric Kidneys

Saravanan Balamuthusamy,Anil Paramesh,Rubin Zhang,Sander Florman,Rajesh Shenava,Tareq Islam,Janis Wagner,Mary Killackey,Brent Alper,Eric E. Simon,Douglas P. Slakey

The Effects of Body Mass Index on Graft Survival in Adult Recipients Transplanted with Single Pediatric Kidneys

2009

Saravanan Balamuthusamy
Anil Paramesh
Rubin Zhang
Sander Florman
Rajesh Shenava
Tareq Islam
Janis Wagner
Mary Killackey
Brent Alper
Eric E. Simon
Douglas P. Slakey

Background: There is insufficient data on the impact of recipient body mass index (BMI) on the long-term graft survival of adult patients transplanted with single pediatric kidneys.

Keywords:

Renal function
Confidence interval
Body mass index
Endocrinology
Intensive care medicine
Hazard ratio
Survival rate
Internal medicine
Medicine
Diabetes mellitus
Obesity
Proteinuria
Kidney transplantation
Surgery
Proportional hazards model
Retrospective cohort study
graft survival

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