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The Role of Baseline Systemic Inflammatory Indices Predicting Long-Term Mortality in Kidney Transplant Recipients.

Key takeaways

In 353 kidney transplant recipients, higher levels of certain blood markers linked to inflammation were tied to a greater risk of dying over the long term. This study shows a connection but cannot prove that inflammation caused the higher death risk.

Who did this work

Cetin TE (Department of Nephrology, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye. Electronic address: [email protected].) · Akcay OF (Department of Nephrology, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye.) · Tomar VB (Department of Nephrology, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye.) · Demirezen A (Department of Nephrology, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye.) · Hasdemir AS (Department of Nephrology, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye.) · Sahin B (Department of Nephrology, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye.) · Aslan E (Department of Internal Medicine, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye.) · Sagban Boyraz MI (Department of Internal Medicine, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye.) · Helvaci O (Department of Nephrology, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye.) · Derici U (Department of Nephrology, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye.) · Guz G (Department of Nephrology, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye.) · Altok K (Department of Nephrology, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye.)

Source

Paper · Europe PMC, CKD · 2026-09-14
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.transproceed.2026.08.019