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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

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