Assessing Patients beyond the Simple Optics of BMI: The Concomitant Role of Sarcopenia and BMI in Predicting Kidney Transplant Outcomes
Sarcopenia alone is associated with an increased risk of MACE. Overweight sarcopenic patients are additionally at increased risk of graft loss and have poorer graft function for up to three years.
Authors
- Muhammad Khurram (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3555-0374)
- Mohammed Rashid Akhtar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6238-3620)
- Mohammed Karam Saoud
- Pankaj Chandak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6873-5965)
- Laura Clementoni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0051-0591)
- Christopher Seet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0817-9362)
- Ismail Mohamed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1551-8860)
- Muhammad Magdi Yaqoob
- Amr Elsaadany
Institutions
- Barts Health NHS Trust (GB)
- Royal London Hospital (GB)
- William Harvey Research Institute (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Life
- Published
- 2024-08-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/life14081036
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.65