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Impact of body mass index on posttransplant outcomes reexamined
Author(s) -
Bari Khurram,
Sharma Pratima
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
liver transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.814
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1527-6473
pISSN - 1527-6465
DOI - 10.1002/lt.24227
Subject(s) - medicine , body mass index , liver transplantation , index (typography) , transplantation , world wide web , computer science
According to the National Health and Nutritional Examination survey (NHANES) from 2011–12, the prevalence of obesity defined as BMIu003e30 among 20 year or older individuals is 35%1. This is reflected among liver transplant (LT) recipients resulting in a doubling of the prevalence of obesity from 16.8% (Class 1 BMI 30–34=9.4%; Class II BMI 35–39 =5.3% and Class III BMI≥40=2.1%) in 1987–96 to 33% (Class 1 BMI 30–34=21%; Class II BMI 35–39 =9% and Class III BMI≥40=3%) in 2002–2011.2, 3