Open AccessVitamin D Levels and the Risk of Posttransplant Diabetes Mellitus After Kidney Transplantation
Author(s) -
Kevin Quach,
Monica Abdelmasih,
Pei Xuan Chen,
Yanhong Li,
Olusegun Famure,
Michelle M. Nash,
Ramesh Prasad,
Bruce A. Perkins,
Paul M. Yip,
S. Joseph Kim
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
progress in transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.4
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 2164-6708
pISSN - 1526-9248
DOI - 10.1177/15269248211002796
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , diabetes mellitus , quartile , kidney transplantation , vitamin d and neurology , transplantation , population , gastroenterology , proportional hazards model , endocrinology , confidence interval , environmental health
Given the burden of posttransplant diabetes mellitus and the high prevalence of low vitamin D levels in kidney transplant recipients, it is reasonable to consider vitamin D as a novel and potentially modifiable risk factor in this patient population.