IS OBESITY ASSOCIATED WITH ANAEMIA IN KIDNEY TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS

• Main Authors: Winnie Chan (Author), Douglas Ward (Author), Okdeep Kaur (Author), Chris Tselepis (Author), David Jones (Author), Jos Bosch (Author), Richard Borrows (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The Korean Society of Nephrology, 2012-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Anaemia post renal transplantation is common and multi-factorial. Obesity is widespread following transplantation, and is characterised by chronic low-grade inflammation. Obesity-related inflammation may be associated with raised hepcidin leading to anaemia by dysregulation of iron homeostasis. This...