Open AccessLong-Term Renal Function and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Obese Kidney Donors
Author(s) -
Mehdi Tavakol,
Flavio Vincenti,
Hamid Assadi,
Michael J. Frederick,
Stephen J. Tomlanovich,
John P. Roberts,
Andrew M. Posselt
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
clinical journal of the american society of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.755
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1555-905X
pISSN - 1555-9041
DOI - 10.2215/cjn.01350209
Subject(s) - medicine , renal function , term (time) , disease , cardiology , kidney , kidney disease , physics , quantum mechanics
Increasing demand for live-donor kidneys has encouraged the use of obese donors despite the absence of long-term outcome data and evidence that obesity can adversely affect renal function. We wished to determine whether obesity increased the risk for renal dysfunction and other medical comorbidities in donors several years after donation.