Open AccessAssociation of Metabolic Syndrome With Development of New-Onset Diabetes After Transplantation
Author(s) -
Nathaniel D. Bayer,
Philip T. Cochetti,
M. S. A. Kumar,
Valerie Teal,
Yonghong Huan,
Cataldo Doria,
Roy D. Bloom,
Sylvia E. Rosas
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/tp.0b013e3181f1543c
Subject(s) - metabolic syndrome , medicine , hazard ratio , diabetes mellitus , transplantation , gastroenterology , cohort , endocrinology , obesity , confidence interval
New-onset diabetes after transplantation (NODAT) is a major posttransplant complication associated with lower allograft and recipient survival. Our objective was to determine whether metabolic syndrome pretransplant is independently associated with NODAT development.