In a study of kidney transplant recipients, those with higher
adherence to the Mediterranean diet were less likely to experience kidney function loss.
Despite improvements in the survival of transplanted kidneys in the early years after transplantation, loss of kidney function within 10 years still occurs in more than one-third of recipients.
Antonio Gomes-Neto, MD (University of Groningen, in the Netherlands) and his colleagues investigated whether adhering to the Mediterranean diet--which ...
In a study of kidney transplant recipients, those with higher
adherence to the Mediterranean diet were less likely to experience kidney function loss.
Despite improvements in the survival of transplanted kidneys in the early years after transplantation, loss of kidney function within 10 years still occurs in more than one-third of recipients.
Antonio Gomes-Neto, MD (University of Groningen, in the Netherlands) and his colleagues investigated whether adhering to the Mediterranean diet--which ...