Assessing Patients beyond the Simple Optics of BMI: The Concomitant Role of Sarcopenia and BMI in Predicting Kidney Transplant Outcomes.

Christopher Seet Laura ClementoniMohammed Rashid AkhtarPankaj ChandakMohammed SaoudAmr ElsaadanyMuhammad Magdi YaqoobIsmail Heyder MohamedMuhammad Arslan Khurram

Published in: Life (Basel, Switzerland) (2024)

Sarcopenia alone is associated with an increased risk of MACE. Overweight sarcopenic patients are additionally at increased risk of graft loss and have poorer graft function for up to three years.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
type diabetes
weight loss
patient reported outcomes
adipose tissue
insulin resistance