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The impact of recipient body mass index on survival after lung transplantation.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20558085     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
BACKGROUND: Lung transplant (LTx) candidates are frequently over or underweight. Few studies have examined recipient weight and outcomes after LTx. The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) database provides an opportunity to examine outcomes related to body mass index (BMI) in a large cohort of LTx patients.
METHODS: The UNOS data set was retrospectively reviewed for 11,411 adult primary LTx patients (1998 to 2008). Patients were stratified by recipient BMI (kg/m(2)): less than 18.5 (underweight), 18.5 to 24.9 (normal), 25.0 to 29.9 (overweight), more than 30 (obese). All-cause mortality was examined with Cox proportional hazard regression incorporating 15 variables. Survival was modeled using the Kaplan-Meier method.
RESULTS: Of 11,411 recipients, 1,355 (11.9%) were underweight, 4,998 (43.8%) were normal weight, 3,662 (62.1%) were overweight, and 1,396 (12.2%) were obese. During the study, 4,959 patients (43.5%) died. Mortality was significantly different between the strata, with incremental increases in death for each BMI category above or below normal. On multivariable analysis, BMI strata predicted death compared with normal weight. Risk of death was increased in recipients who were underweight (hazard ratio [HR], 1.14; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.03-1.26; p = 0.01), overweight (HR, 1.06; 95% CI, 0.99-1.14; p = 0.1), and obese (HR, 1.16; 95% CI, 1.04-1.28; p = 0.005). Kaplan-Meier modeling showed a significant effect of BMI on survival; however, this effect was no longer significant when first-year deaths were excluded.
CONCLUSIONS: Mortality is higher in underweight, overweight, and obese LTx patients than in normal-weight controls. However, this effect appears to be governed by survival in the first year after LTx.
Authors:
Jeremiah G Allen; George J Arnaoutakis; Eric S Weiss; Christian A Merlo; John V Conte; Ashish S Shah
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.     Date:  2010-06-16
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation     Volume:  29     ISSN:  1557-3117     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Heart Lung Transplant.     Publication Date:  2010 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-08-23     Completed Date:  2010-12-30     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9102703     Medline TA:  J Heart Lung Transplant     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1026-33     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright 2010 International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiac Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Aged
Body Mass Index*
Continental Population Groups
Diabetes Complications / mortality,  surgery
Educational Status
Female
Forced Expiratory Volume
Humans
Lung Diseases / classification,  mortality,  surgery
Lung Transplantation / mortality,  physiology*
Male
Middle Aged
Obesity / epidemiology,  mortality
Overweight / epidemiology,  mortality
Reference Values
Retrospective Studies
Survival Analysis
Thinness / epidemiology,  mortality
Vital Capacity
Walking
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
2T32DK007713-12ESW/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS

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