Muscle mass determined from urinary creatinine excretion rate, and muscle performance in renal transplant recipients

• Main Authors: Suzanne P. Stam (Author), Michele F. Eisenga (Author), Antonio W. Gomes‐Neto (Author), Marco vanLonden (Author), Vincent E. deMeijer (Author), André P. vanBeek (Author), Ron T. Gansevoort (Author), Stephan J.L. Bakker (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Muscle mass, as determined from 24‐h urinary creatinine excretion rate (CER), is an independent predictor for mortality and graft failure in renal transplant recipients (RTR). It is currently unknown whether CER is comparable with healthy controls after transplantation and whethe...