What is it about?
Vitamin C depletion is frequent and independently associated with almost two-fold higher risk of mortality in RTR. We show evidence that support the hypothesis that the beneficial effect of vitamin C at least partly occurs through decreasing inflammation.
Featured Image
Why is it important?
Vitamin C depletion is frequent among renal transplant recipients while being significantly associated with mortality.
Perspectives
This study holds the plea for Vitamin C surveillance in the post-renal transplantation setting care. Further studies are warranted to evaluate whether Vitamin C supplementation may open interventional pathways to improve long-term survival rates following renal transplantation.
Dr Camilo G. Sotomayor
University Medical Center Groningen
Read the Original
This page is a summary of: Vitamin C Depletion and All-Cause Mortality in Renal Transplant Recipients, Nutrients, June 2017, MDPI AG,
DOI: 10.3390/nu9060568.
You can read the full text:
Resources
Contributors
The following have contributed to this page
