Hiroki Fukuhara, Hayato Nishida, Satoshi Takai, Takaaki Nawano, Tomohiro Takehara, Yuki Takai, Takafui Narisawa, Hidenori Kanno, Mayu Yagi, Atsushi Yamagishi, Sei Naito, Norihiko Tsuchiya
BACKGROUND: Kidney transplantation (KT) leads to body composition change, particularly increasing the fat mass. However, limited researches have focused on the long-term follow-up of these changes and factors influencing body composition after KT. METHODS: This study evaluated body composition in 31 adult KT recipients, measuring body mass index (BMI), the psoas muscle mass index (PMI) representing muscle mass, visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue (VAT and SAT) representing fat mass, and skeletal muscle radiodensity (SMR) representing muscle quality before KT and at 2, 4, and 6 years posttransplantation using computed tomography...
April 24, 2024: Clinical and Experimental Nephrology