title: Impact of donor/recipient body weight mismatch on allograft outcome in renal transplant recipients.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  There have been conflicting reports that kidneys from small donors may be at risk for graft loss if they are transplanted into large recipients. The aim of this work was to examine the impact of donor/recipient body weight ratio (D/RBWR) on allograft outcome.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two hundred and seventeen kidney transplant recipients from living unrelated donor with 5-year follow-up underwent immunosuppression with cyclosporine, mycophenolate mofetil (or azathioprine), and prednisolone. According to the D/RBWR, the patients were divided into 3 groups: low (less than 0.8; G1), medium (0.81-1.1; G2), and high (more than 1.1; G3). We recorded 1-, 3-, and 5-year graft survivals, episodes of acute rejection, and mean serum creatinine values.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among the patients, 126 (58%) were female and the overall mean age was 41.62 years. There were no significant differences in 1-, 3-, and 5-year allograft survivals between the groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We concluded that low D/RBWR had no effect on short- or long-term renal allograft survival.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran. ghaf_ali@yahoo.com
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ghafari
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Etemadi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ardalan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001835:Body Weight; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000453:epidemiology; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors; D014019:Tissue Donors; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D003404:Creatinine