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 LockePublished 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.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- chronic kidney disease
- peritoneal dialysis
- weight loss
- kidney transplantation
- bariatric surgery
- metabolic syndrome
- insulin resistance
- type diabetes
- roux en y gastric bypass
- weight gain
- high fat diet induced
- gastric bypass
- physical activity
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- adipose tissue
- glycemic control
- prognostic factors