supported by the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) Western site;ICES is funded by an annual grant from the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC) Core funding for ICES Western is provided by the Academic Medical Organization of Southwestern Ontario (AMOSO);the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry (SSMD), Western University, and the Lawson Health Research Institute (LHRI);The research was conducted by members of the ICES Kidney, Dialysis and Transplantation team, at the ICES Western facility, who are supported by a grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
AIM: To determine the general and transplant-specific risk factors for fractures in kidney transplant recipients.METHODS: We conducted a cohort study of all adults who received a kidney-only transplant(n = 2723) in On...