Association of body mass index with post‐liver transplant outcomes

Background Patients with obesity have inferior outcomes after general surgery procedures, but studies evaluating post‐liver transplant (LT) outcomes have been limited by small sample sizes or lack of granularity of outcomes. We evaluated the relationship between obesity and post‐LT outcomes, includi...

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Published in:Clinical transplantation 2024-01, Vol.38 (1), p.e15205-n/a
Main Authors: Ruck, Jessica M., Shui, Amy M., Jefferis, Alexis A., Duarte Rojo, Andres, Rahimi, Robert S., Ganger, Daniel R., Verna, Elizabeth C., Kappus, Matthew, Ladner, Daniela P., Segev, Dorry L., Volk, Michael, Tevar, Amit, King, Elizabeth A., Lai, Jennifer C.
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Language:English
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BMI
liver transplant
obesity
outcomes
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Summary:Background Patients with obesity have inferior outcomes after general surgery procedures, but studies evaluating post‐liver transplant (LT) outcomes have been limited by small sample sizes or lack of granularity of outcomes. We evaluated the relationship between obesity and post‐LT outcomes, including those observed in other populations to be obesity‐related. Methods Included were 1357 LT recipients prospectively enrolled in the ambulatory pre‐LT setting at 8 U.S. centers. Recipient were categorized by body mass index (BMI, kg/m2): non‐obese (BMI 
ISSN:0902-0063
1399-0012
DOI:10.1111/ctr.15205