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Recipient Obesity as a Risk Factor in Kidney Transplantation by Uwe Scheuermann; Jonas Babel; Uta-Carolin Pietsch; Antje Weimann; Orestis Lyros; Katrin Semmling; Hans-Michael Hau; Daniel Seehofer; Sebastian Rademacher; Robert Sucher is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

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## Abstract ## Background The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of recipient obesity on the short- and long-term outcomes of patients undergoing primary kidney transplantation (KT). ## Patients and methods A total of 578 patients receiving primary KT in our department between 1993 and 2017 were included in the study. Patients were divided according to their body mass index (BMI) into normal weight (BMI 18.5–24.9 kg/m^2^; N = 304), overweight (BMI 25–29.9 kg/m^2^; N = 205) and obese (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m^2^; N = 69) groups. Their clinicopathological characteristics, outcomes, and survival rates were analyzed retrospectively. ## Results Obesity was associated with an increased rate of surgical complications such as wound infection (P < 0.001), fascial dehiscence (P = 0.023), and lymphoceles (P = 0.010). Furthermore, the hospital stay duration was significantly longer in the groups with obese patients compared to normal weight and overweight patients (normal weight: 22 days, overweight: 25 days, and obese: 33 days, respectively; P < 0.001). Multivariate analysis showed that recipient obesity (BMI ≥ 30) was an independent prognostic factor for delayed graft function (DGF) (OR 2.4

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Author

Uwe Scheuermann; Jonas Babel; Uta-Carolin Pietsch; Antje Weimann; Orestis Lyros; Katrin Semmling; Hans-Michael Hau; Daniel Seehofer; Sebastian Rademacher; Robert Sucher

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Published

2022

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)