Central obesity is common in renal transplant recipients and is associated with increased prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Kirsty Armstrong; Linda Orazio; Ingrid J. Hickman; N. M. Isbel; David W. Johnson; Merrilyn Banks
- Source
- Nutrition & Dietetics. 64:200-206
- Subject
- medicine.medical_specialty
Nutrition and Dietetics
business.industry
Cardiovascular risk factors
Disease
urologic and male genital diseases
medicine.disease
Obesity
Surgery
Transplantation
Insulin resistance
Renal transplant
Internal medicine
medicine
business
- Language
- ISSN
- 1747-0080
1446-6368
Aim: Obesity following renal transplantation is common and may be associated with cardiovascular disease. We sought to investigate the prevalence of central obesity in renal transplant recipients (RTR) and its association with cardiovascular risk factors.