Early Weight Gain After Transplantation Can Cause Adverse Effect On Transplant Kidney Function
Surgery, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Meeting: 2015 American Transplant Congress
Abstract number: B221
Keywords: Graft function, Kidney transplantation
Session Information
Session Name: Poster Session B: Obesity/Elderly/Frail
Session Type: Poster Session
Date: Sunday, May 3, 2015
Session Time: 5:30pm-6:30pm
Presentation Time: 5:30pm-6:30pm
Location: Exhibit Hall E
Background: Outcomes of kidney transplant recipients with increased body mass index (BMI) remain controversial. We studied the relationship between change of BMI and transplant kidney function especially during 1 year after transplantation .
Methods: We performed an observational cohort study of all recipients of kidney transplants at our 2 centers from March, 2009 to June, 2014 to determine if change of BMI is associated with transplant kidney function as measured by estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR). Recipient BMI and eGFR were calculated at pre-transplant, 1, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months after transplantation (POM). Corelation of change of BMII and eGFR was evaluated.
Results: A total of 634 patients were studied. There was strong negative corelation between chane of BMI and eGFR during pretransplant to POM 1 (corelation efficient -0.406, p<0.0001) and POM 1 to 3 (corelation efficient -0.324, p=0.004) respectively.
Conclusions: We found that increase of BMI caused significant decrease of renal function as eGFR especially in the initial 3 months after kidney transplantation.
To cite this abstract in AMA style:
Choi S, Kim I-K, Son S, Ju M. Early Weight Gain After Transplantation Can Cause Adverse Effect On Transplant Kidney Function [abstract]. Am J Transplant. 2015; 15 (suppl 3). https://atcmeetingabstracts.com/abstract/early-weight-gain-after-transplantation-can-cause-adverse-effect-on-transplant-kidney-function/. Accessed May 18, 2025.« Back to 2015 American Transplant Congress