Renal Function after Renal Transplantation in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome

Recently, renal transplantation has increased worldwide. The incidence of metabolic syndrome is common after renal transplantation that might reduce renal function and increase cardiovascular complications. In this study, we compared renal function after renal transplantation in patients with or without metabolic syndrome. This cohort prospective study was conducted in 2017 among patients with renal transplantation aged more than 20 years in Isfahan City, Iran. Metabolic syndrome criteria including blood pressure, fasting blood sugar, high- and low-density lipoprotein, triglyceride, and waist circumference, as well as serum creatinine were measured in 30 patients with metabolic syndrome and 30 without metabolic syndrome in one-year follow-up period.   Findings: 17 patients were women and 43 were men. The mean serum creatinine changes were not significantly different among the patients with or without metabolic syndrome (P = 0.227) in 1-year follow up. There was no significant association between serum creatinine level with metabolic syndrome criteria such as waist circumference (P = 0.214), diastolic blood pressure (P = 0.061), triglyceride (P = 0.409), high-density lipoprotein (P = 0.315), and fasting blood sugar (P = 0.284) in patients with metabolic syndrome, and only the association between serum creatinine level and systolic blood pressure was significant (P = 0.008). Serum creatinine did not increase significantly in patients with metabolic syndrome. We recommend to consider longer follow-up periods in future studies.