Obesity May Affect Transplant Outcomes

Obese kidney transplant recipients had a 41% increased risk of delayed graft function and a twofold increased risk of dying from cardiovascular disease compared to non-obese recipients according to a new analysis. The findings come from a systematic review and meta-analysis of 21 studies with 9296 kidney transplant recipients. Graft loss and premature death were associated with obesity only in the analysis of studies that evaluated patients who received a kidney graft before year 2000. The Transplantation analysisrevealed no association between obesity and acute rejection.