Bioimpedance analysis highlights changes in body composition at the early stages of impairment of kidney transplant function. |
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| Authors: | Andreia Coroas José G G de Oliveira Susana Sampaio Cátia Borges Isabel Tavares Manuel Pestana Maria D V de Almeida |
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| Institution: | Nephrology Department, S Jo?o Hospital, Porto, Portugal. jcasimiro@mail.telepac.pt |
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| Abstract: | OBJECTIVE: Kidney transplantation restores renal filtration, although it does not achieve the function of 2 native kidneys, and with time it may involute back to chronic renal failure. We hypothesized that bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) might highlight differences for body compartments among kidney transplants (Tx) with different filtration rates. METHODS: Thirty transplantation patients (19 male, 11 female) were studied at 62.4+/-26.6 months postsurgery and were divided into 3 groups: good creatinine clearance (crCl, mL/min/1.73 m2; >65.0), borderline (35.0
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