Kidney Res Clin Pract.  2021 May;40(2):304-316. 10.23876/j.krcp.20.216.

Impact of high body mass index on allograft outcomes in kidney transplant recipients with presensitization to human leukocyte antigen

Affiliations
  • 1Transplantation Research Center, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
  • 2Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
  • 3Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
  • 4Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Eunpyeong St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
  • 5Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Bucheon St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
  • 6Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Incheon St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
  • 7Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Abstract

Background
This study aimed to investigate whether high body mass index (BMI) and presensitization to human leukocyte antigen (HLA) in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) affected allograft outcomes.
Methods
From January 2010 to December 2018, 1,290 kidney transplantations (KTs) were performed at the Seoul St Mary’s Hospital. Of these, 682 cases of ABO-compatible living donor KT patients were enrolled. They were divided into four groups (low BMI-non-sensitized, high BMI-non-sensitized, low BMI-sensitized, and high BMI-sensitized) according to the median BMI value (22.7 kg/m2) and HLA presensitization status (anti-HLA antibody mean fluorescence intensity > 3,000). Short-term and long-term allograft outcomes were compared between groups.
Results
In the high BMI-sensitized group, the decline in allograft function was higher than that in the other three groups. Death-censored graft loss (DCGL) rates were highest in the high BMI-sensitized group (4 of 21 [19.0%], p = 0.04). In the multivariable Cox regression hazard regression model analysis, the hazard ratio (HR) for DCGL was intensified when high BMI and presensitization statuses were combined (HR, 3.75; p = 0.03); these statuses significantly interacted with each other (p-value for interaction = 0.008).
Conclusion
Our results suggest that presensitization to HLA and high BMI might have an interactive adverse impact on allograft outcomes in KTRs.

Keyword

Body mass index; Presensitization; Graft survival; Kidney transplantation
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