Background: The number of patients with overweight and obesity requiring renal transplant in the past 2 decades increased considerably. Objectives: The current study aimed at evaluating the effect of body mass index (BMI) on graft and patients survival rate. Design: In the current retrospective, cross sectional study, transplant recipients were divided into 3 groups based on their BMI: group 1 (BMI < 18.5 kg/m 2 ), group 2 (BMI = 18.5 to 25 kg/m 2 ), and group 3 (BMI > 25 kg/m 2 ). Kaplan-Meier formula was used to calculate
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