Endocrine Abstracts

Calcineurin inhibitors (CNI, cyclosporine A: CsA and tacrolimus: Tac) cause posttransplant diabetes mellitus, hypercholesterolemia and hypertension. Post-transplant weight gain can be related to the type of CNIs. Distribution of obesity is one of the major predictors of cardiovascular diseases. Several indices assessed upper body obesity such as waist circumference (WC) and waist to hip ratio (WHR) are more accurate than whole body obesity (body mass index: BMI). This study ai...