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Obesity as an isolated contraindication to kidney transplantation in the end-stage renal disease population: A cohort study.

Babak J OrandiCora Elizabeth LewisPaul A MacLennanHaiyan QuShikha MehtaVineeta KumarSaulat S SheikhRobert M CannonDouglas J AndersonMichael J HanawayRhiannon D ReedA Cozette KillianJoshua W PurvisNorah A TerraultJayme E Locke
Published in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (2021)
Obesity was the sole contraindication to wait-listing for 40,000 dialysis patients. They were less likely to be wait-listed. For those who were, they had a lower likelihood of transplant. Aggressive weight-loss interventions may help this population achieve wait-listing and transplant.
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