Grant: Travel Awards - Institute Community Support

The kidneys play an important role in keeping our bones healthy. When an individual's kidney function begins to decline they often develop bone problems. The best treatment for an individual with severe declines in kidney function is kidney transplantation. Past research has suggested that kidney transplant recipients have an increased risk of fracture compared to the general population. However, information on the burden of fracture and risk factors for fracture have not been efficiently sumarized. We conducted a systematic review to sumarize this information. We found that the burden of fracture varied widely in the literature and the risk factors for fracture were not consistent across studies.