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Studies from A. Sancho and co-researchers yield new data on obesity

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, December 10th, 2007

"Obesity is a prevalent problem in renal transplant recipients that is followed by reduced graft and patient survivals. Because the prevalence of overweight (OW) is increasing in the renal transplant population, we studied the influence of OW on graft and recipient evolution," scientists in Valencia, Spain report.

"We analyzed a series of 337 patients with renal allografts having a mean follow-up of 53.4 +/- 30.6 months. We excluded 39 patients obese at transplantation. We compared the evolution of 134 OW patients (45.5%), and 160 patients (54.4%) with a body mass index <25 (NW group). OW patients were older (P =.000) with a higher prevalence of hypertension (P =...

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