title: [Assessment of nutritional status in renal transplant patients during 5 years of follow-up].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Weight gain and malnutrition after kidney transplantation is common and the resulting overweight and obesity is associated with serious health complications. By contrast, the prevalence of malnutrition in patients with renal transplantation and its impact on the outcome of kidney transplantation is underestimated.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to evaluate the nutritional status of renal transplant patients and determine if the five-year follow-up, these patients undergo alterations that suggest nutritional deterioration.
  
  
  METHODS
  The sample consisted of 119 renal transplant patients who attended for five years post-transplant consultation. All patients measurements of total cholesterol, low density lipoprotein (LDL), high density lipoprotein (HDL), triglycerides and ferritin (Ft) were performed. and anthropometric measurements were made of weight, height and BMI. Patients were divided into three groups according to GFR Group 1: <60 mL/min, Group 2: 89-60 mL/min Group 3: ≥ 90 mL/min.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The weight and BMI tended to decrease in group 3 while increasing in the other groups. A decrease in total cholesterol, HDL, LDL, Triglycerides and Ferritin less pronounced in group 3 occurs.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  After five years you can see a significant reduction in nutritional biochemical parameters in general, likewise the nutritional status is closely related, and is directly proportional to the function of the graft.
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Granada. Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud. Departamento de Enfermería.. rafaelfernandez@ugr.es.
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fernández Castillo
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Nefrología Unidad de Hemodiálisis. Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves. Granada. España.. ruthfg@telefonica.net.
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fernandez Gallegos
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Granada. Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud. Departamento de Enfermería.. falitos@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Maria Adelaida
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Alvarez Serrano
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Granada. Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud. Departamento de Enfermería.. amnunez@ugr.es.
authors.forename: Ana María
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Nuñez Negrillo
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Granada. Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud. Departamento de Enfermería.. carmenfn@ugr.es.
authors.forename: Carmen Flores
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Navarro Perez
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Granada. Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud. Departamento de Enfermería.. quero@ugr.es.
authors.forename: Angel I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Quero Alfonso
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D044342:Malnutrition / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009752:Nutritional Status; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids