Kidney Transplantation Significantly Improves Patient and Graft Survival Irrespective of BMI: A Cohort Study

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2378-2386

  Krishnan, N ^a   Higgins, R ^a   Short, A ^a   Zehnder, D ^a   Pitcher, D ^b   Hudson, A ^c   Raymond, N T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UK RENAL REGISTRY   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Obesity; registry registry analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAIN DEATH; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART DEATH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; ADOLESCENT; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GREAT BRITAIN; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; REGISTER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL RATE; WAITING LISTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939563216     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajt.13363     Document Type: Article

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