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ArticleTransplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation2025

Clinical and Radiological Fusion: A New Frontier in Predicting Post-Transplant Diabetes Mellitus.

Pooja Budhiraja, Byron H Smith, Aleksandra Kukla, Timothy L Kline, Panagiotis Korfiatis, Mark D Stegall, Caroline C Jadlowiec, Wisit Cheungpasitporn, Hani M Wadei, Yogish C Kudva and 5 more

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Article in Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Serum α-Klotho and SIRT1 - Relationship with graft function, inflammation and hospitalization rates in kidney transplant recipients.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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15 authors.

Pooja BudhirajaDepartment of Medicine, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, United States.
Byron H SmithDepartment of Quantitative Health Sciences, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States.
Aleksandra KuklaDepartment of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States.
Timothy L KlineDepartment of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States.
Panagiotis KorfiatisDepartment of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States.
Mark D StegallDepartment of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States.
Caroline C JadlowiecDepartment of Surgery, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, United States.
Wisit CheungpasitpornDepartment of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States.
Hani M WadeiDepartment of Transplant, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL, United States.
Yogish C KudvaDepartment of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States.
Salah AlajousDepartment of Medicine, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, United States.
Suman S MisraDepartment of Medicine, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, United States.
Hay Me MeDepartment of Medicine, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, United States.
Ian P RiosDepartment of Medicine, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, United States.
Harini A ChakkeraDepartment of Medicine, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, United States.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study developed a predictive model for Post-Transplant Diabetes Mellitus (PTDM) by integrating clinical and radiological data to identify at-risk kidney transplant recipients. In a retrospective analysis across three Mayo Clinic sites, clinical metrics were combined with deep learning analysis of pre-transplant CT images, focusing on body composition parameters like adipose tissue and muscle mass instead of BMI or other biomarkers. Among 2,005 nondiabetic kidney recipients, 335 (16.7%) developed PTDM within the first year. PTDM patients were older, had higher BMIs, elevated triglycerides, and were more likely to be male and non-White. They exhibited lower skeletal muscle area, greater visceral adipose tissue (VAT), more intermuscular fat, and higher subcutaneous fat (all p < 0.001). Multivariable analysis identified age (OR: 1.05, 95% CI: 1.03-1.08, p < 0.0001), family diabetes history (OR: 1.55, CI: 1.14-2.09, p = 0.0061), White race (OR: 0.43, CI: 0.28-0.66, p < 0.0001), and VAT area (OR: 1.37, CI: 1.14-1.64, p = 0.0009) as predictors. The combined model achieved C-statistic of 0.724 (CI: 0.692-0.757), outperforming the clinical-only model (C-statistic 0.68). Patients with PTDM in the first year had higher mortality than those without PTDM. This model improves predictive precision, enabling accurate identification and intervention for at risk patients.

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Diabetes MellitusKidney TransplantationPostoperative ComplicationsAdultAgedBody CompositionBody Mass IndexDeep LearningFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsTomography, X-Ray Computedadipositykidney transplantobesitypost transplant diabetesvisceral diposity

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PMID40248509
PMCPMC12003133

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