Renal transplant hastalarında idrar sodyum atılımının metabolik sendrom, hipertansiyon ve greft fonksiyonu ile ilişkisinin değerlendirilmesi

Abstract

Aim: To evaluate the relationship between high sodium intake determined by spot urinary sodium excretion with metabolic syndrome, hypertension, and graft function in renal transplant (RT) recipients.
 Materials and methods: 152 RT recipients were enrolled. The demographic characteristics, office blood pressure (BP) values, height, weight, body mass index, waist and hip measurements, immunesuppressive drugs, other medications and biochemical parameters of the patients were recorded. Spot urinary sodium and spot urinary protein excretions were measured in the first morning urine in all the RT recipients. The patients were grouped as low sodium excretion (≤57) and high sodium excretion (≥58) based on the median value of 57 in spot urinary sodium.
 Results: In the low sodium group; creatinine values were found to be significantly lower (p