Kidney Transplants
New Kidney Transplants Data Have Been Reported by Researchers at Oslo University Hospital
Published in Blood Weekly, October 27th, 2011
2011 OCT 27 -- According to the authors of a study from Oslo, Norway, "Limited knowledge exists on cardiorespiratory fitness (CR fitness) in adults having a renal transplant (Rtx) during childhood. Our aim was to assess CR fitness (V0(2peak)) with a maximal treadmill test in former Rtx children reaching adulthood (ped-tx, n = 31), compared to patients Rtx as adults (adult-tx, n = 17) and healthy controls (HC, n = 36)."
"Median age was 26.9 (19-41), 28.6 (23.5-34) and 33.5 (20-42) years, respectively. Median time since first Rtx was 18.1 (7-29) and 3.7 (1.2-12.6) years. Body composition was measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). V0(2peak) was...
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Source: Blood Weekly (2011-10-27)
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