title: [Impact of weight difference between donor and recipient on the function of the transplanted kidney].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of this retrospective study was to determine whether the difference between the donor's weight (wd) and the recipient's dry weight (wr) could influence the function of renal transplants.
  
  
  METHODS
  Between 1987 and 1994, 185 patients with a mean age of 43.3 years +/- 12 were transplanted with a locally harvested cadaver kidney, corresponding to 120 men (42.2 years +/- 1.4) and 65 women (45 years +/- 12.8). The weight variation between donors and recipients (wd - wr) was 0.06 for men and 0.22 for women. The serum creatinine of recipients at 1 year was 147 mumol +/- 41.7. We used analysis of variance for univariate statistical analysis and multiple linear regression for multivariate analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  On univariate analysis, the serum creatinine at 1 and 2 years was significantly higher (p < 0.02 and p < 0.035 respectively) when the donor's weight was 10% lower than the recipient's weight. Multivariate analysis, taking into account the donor's age and sex and the recipient's serum creatinine, confirmed the influence of the donor-recipient weight difference on serum creatinine at 2 years (p0.03), but also the role of the donor's age at 1 and 2 years (p < 0.0001 and p < 0.0004, respectively).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In our study, the donor-recipient weight difference was a factor influencing the recipient's serum creatinine at 2 years. The donor's age also influences the recipient's serum creatinine, 1 and 2 years after renal transplantation.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Urologie, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin Bicêtre.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Eschwege
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Randrianjohany
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Trifa
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Alexandre
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Blanchet
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Decaux
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Richard
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Charpentier
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Benoit
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001835:Body Weight; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000502:physiology*; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014019:Tissue Donors
vernacular_title: Effet de la différence de poids entre donneur et receveur sur la fonction du rein greffé.