Plasma Vitamin C and Risk of Late Graft Failure in Kidney Transplant Recipients: Results of the TransplantLines Biobank and Cohort Study

• Main Authors: Camilo G. Sotomayor (Author), Nicolas I. Bustos (Author), Manuela Yepes-Calderon (Author), Diego Arauna (Author), Martin H. de Borst (Author), Stefan P. Berger (Author), Ramón Rodrigo (Author), Robin P. F. Dullaart (Author), Gerjan J. Navis (Author), Stephan J. L. Bakker (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Recent studies have shown that depletion of vitamin C is frequent in outpatient kidney transplant recipients (KTR) and that vitamin C is inversely associated with risk of death. Whether plasma vitamin C is associated with death-censored kidney graft failure remains unknown. We investigated KTR who p...