Assessment of nutritional status of patients in the later period after renal transplantation

This article summarizes the modern approach for estimation of nutritional status (medical history, anthropometric, clinical and biochemical measures) in patients in the late period after kidney transplantation. It is showed that main complications in the late posttransplant period (cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, obesity, malnutrition) determine the need of complex assessment of nutritional status in these patients with the object of improve outcomes after transplantation.