Abstract
Diabetes which first appears after transplantation is called New Onset Diabetes Mellitus after Transplantation (NODAT). NODAT is associated with increased morbidity and mortality and decreased allograft survival. Risk factors for NODAT are age older than 40 to 45 years, African and Asian ethnicity, presence of polycystic renal disease, impaired glucose tolerance before transplantation, HLA mismatches between recipients and donors, obesity, sedentary life, presence of metabolic syndrome, infection with viruses such as cytomegalovirus (CMV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV), immunosuppressive therapy including corticosteroids for acute rejection, and calcineurin inhibitors.
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