title: [Impact of allograft weight and the recipient's body weight on long-term allograft function].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the relationship of the renal allograft weight and the recipient's body weight with allograft function after transplantation.
  
  
  METHODS
  The correlation of the renal allograft weight, the recipient's body weight, the ratio of the allograft weight to the recipient body weight and the mean serum creatinine (sCr) 3 years after transplantation were measured in 108 kidney recipients.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The allograft weight was inversely correlated with the mean sCr 3 years after transplantation (P<0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The renal allograft weight, recipient's body weight and the ratio of allograft weight to recipient's body weight are important indicators of the long-term allograft function after transplantation, and recipients with greater body weight should receive allografts of higher weight.
authors.affiliation: Department of Kidney Transplantation, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
authors.forename: Shao-jie
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Li-xin
authors.initials: LX
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Chuan-fu
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: DU
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Xiao-you
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yi-bin
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000502:physiology*; D019520:Living Donors; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009929:Organ Size; D013997:Time Factors; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous