2009
Pilot Study: Association of Traditional and Genetic Risk Factors and New-Onset Diabetes Mellitus Following Kidney Transplantation
Chakkera HA, Hanson RL, Raza SM, DiStefano JK, Millis MP, Heilman RL, Mulligan DC, Reddy KS, Mazur MJ, Hamawi K, Moss AA, Mekeel KL, Cerhan JR. Pilot Study: Association of Traditional and Genetic Risk Factors and New-Onset Diabetes Mellitus Following Kidney Transplantation. Transplantation Proceedings 2009, 41: 4172-4177. PMID: 20005362, PMCID: PMC3478878, DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2009.08.063.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNew-onset diabetes mellitusDiabetes mellitusRisk factorsKidney transplantationTransplant recipientsFamily historyType 2 diabetes mellitusDevelopment of NODATKidney transplant recipientsTraditional risk factorsGenetic polymorphismsPositive family historyCommon risk factorsGenetic risk factorsLogistic regression modelsNODAT developmentNODAT riskPretransplant obesityNew onsetKidney transplantStudy cohortInsulin secretionNODATT2DMMellitus
2007
Clinical factors associated with graft fibrosis in kidney‐transplant recipients on steroid‐avoidance immunosuppression
Heilman RL, Chakkera HA, Reddy KS, Colby TV, Moss AA, Williams JW, Mazur MJ, Petrides S, Mulligan DC. Clinical factors associated with graft fibrosis in kidney‐transplant recipients on steroid‐avoidance immunosuppression. Clinical Transplantation 2007, 22: 309-315. PMID: 18482051, DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2007.00786.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSteroid avoidance immunosuppressionKidney-pancreas transplant recipientsOne-year biopsyKidney transplant recipientsBK nephropathySerum creatinineProtocol biopsiesRecipient ageTransplant recipientsGraft fibrosisUnadjusted logistic regression analysisLower body mass indexMultivariate logistic regression modelCI scoresPrimary kidney transplantsPancreas transplant recipientsBody mass indexInterstitial cellular infiltrateLogistic regression analysisLogistic regression modelsAcute rejectionAntigen mismatchesAntithymocyte globulinGraft outcomeKidney transplant