Effect of pre and post-transplant body mass index on pediatric kidney transplant outcomes

BMC Pediatrics

Table 2 Correlation between BMI (pre KT and Post KT) and different study parameters

Variables	BMI pre-transplant		BMI post-transplant
Variables	r	P-value	r	P-value
Age	0.037	0.79	0.062	0.67
Duration of dialysis	-0.0235	0.87	-0.004	0.977
Duration of transplantation	0.216	0.13	0.21	0.14
Number of rejections	0.364	0.009*	0.513	< 0.001*
Graft survival	-0.204	0.16	-0.206	0.149
BMI pre-KT	-	-	0.592	< 0.001*
BMI post-KT	0.819	< 0.001*	-	-
Systolic BP	0.53	< 0.001*	0.63	< 0.001*
Diastolic BP	0.51	< 0.001*	0.522	< 0.001*
cholesterol	0.41	0.004*	0.356	0.011*
TG	0.45	0.001*	0.501	< 0.001*
LDL	0.485	< 0.001*	-0.398	0.004*
HDL	-0.362	0.009*	0.698	< 0.001*
HbA1C	0.538	< 0.001*	0.579	< 0.001*
FBG	0.553	< 0.001*	0.602	< 0.001*
2 h PPBG	0.555	< 0.001*	0.623	< 0.001*

BMI Body Mass Index, SDS Standard Deviation Score, KT Kidney Transplantation, BP Blood Pressure, TG Triglycerides, HDL High Density Lipoprotein, LDL Low Density Lipoprotein, FBG Fasting Blood Glucose, PPBG Post Prandial Blood Glucose, HbA1c Glycosylated Hemoglobin
*p-value less than 0.05 and it is statistically significant

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