Vitamin D Metabolites, Body Composition, and Nutritional Status in Patients in the Long Term After Kidney Transplantation

21 June 2022: Original Paper

Patrycja Grzejszczak ^1DEF , Joanna Wilimborek ^2ABCDF , Jan Bednarkiewicz ^3DEF , Agnieszka Makówka ^2B , Ilona Kurnatowska ^1ADEF*

DOI: 10.12659/AOT.936009

Ann Transplant 2022; 27:e936009

Table 2 Anthropometric data and body composition parameters in kidney recipients in summer and winter.

Parameter	Annual average n=64	Summer n=64	Winter n=64	p
Height [cm]	168.94±8.75	168.89±8.77	169.59±8.58	0.877
Weight [kg]	76.92±15.87	76.34±15.89	79.09±16.20
BMI [kg/m]	26.89±4.95	26.70±4.97	27.46±5.17	0.004
LTI [kg/m]	13.59±2.89	14.06±3.63	12.88±3.09	0.005
FTI [kg/m]	13.51±5.17	12.88±5.07	14.64±5.53	0.002
LTM [kg]	38.88±10.00	40.05±11.84	37.11±10.17	0.012
FAT [kg]	28.25±10.75	26.92±10.64	30.58±11.20	0.002
ATM [kg]	38.43±14.63	36.61±14.48	41.60±15.25	0.002
BCM [kg]	21.48±6.71	22.40±8.10	20.12±6.90	0.006
TBW [L]	35.55±7.15	35.78±7.02	35.45±8.49	0.529
ECW [L]	15.75±2.95	15.83±2.92	15.83±3.12	0.291
ICW [L]	19.79±4.67	19.94±4.86	19.62±6.02	0.054
ATM – adipose tissue mass; BCM – body cell mass; BMI – body mass index; ECW – extracelullar water; FAT – lipid mass; FTI – fat tissue index; ICW – intracelullar water; LTI – lean tissue index; LTM – lean tissue mass; TBW – total body water.