Prednisone‐free maintenance immunosuppression in obese kidney transplant recipients

Obese transplant recipients (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2 ) have decreased posttransplant patient and graft survival compared with their nonobese counterparts. At the same time, many prednisone-related side effects (eg, new-onset diabetes) are similar to those associated with obesity. Using SRTR data, we studied outcomes associated with prednisone-free maintenance immunosuppression (rapid discontinuation of prednisone-RDP). Between January 1, 2000, and...