Journal of Renal Nutrition
Volume 19, Issue 4 , Pages 304-313 , July 2009

Higher Levels of Physical Activity Are Associated With a Lower Risk of Abnormal Glucose Tolerance in Renal Transplant Recipients

  • Linda Orazio, BHSc (Hon)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nephrology, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
    • Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
    • Centre of Clinical Research Excellence for Metabolic and Vascular Disease, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Linda Orazio, BHSc (Hon), ARTs Building, 2nd Floor, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Ipswich Road, Woollongabba, Brisbane, Queensland 4102, Australia.
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  • Ingrid Hickman, PhD, BHSc

      Affiliations

    • Centre of Clinical Research Excellence for Metabolic and Vascular Disease, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
    • Diamantina Institute for Cancer, Immunology and Metabolic Medicine, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
    • ,
  • Kirsten Armstrong, MBBS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nephrology, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
    • Centre of Clinical Research Excellence for Metabolic and Vascular Disease, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
    • ,
  • David Johnson, MBBS (Hon), FRACP, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nephrology, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
    • Centre of Clinical Research Excellence for Metabolic and Vascular Disease, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
    • ,
  • Merrilyn Banks, M Hlth Sc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Royal Brisbane and Womens' Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
    • ,
  • Nicole Isbel, MBBS, FRACP, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nephrology, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
    • Centre of Clinical Research Excellence for Metabolic and Vascular Disease, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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 This research was conducted at the Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woollongabba, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

 L.O. was supported by a grant from the Allied Health Research Scheme from Queensland Health and an Allied Health Research Scholarship from the Princess Alexandra Hospital Foundation. I.H. is supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council Australian Clinical Research Fellowship. This study was funded by a National Health and Medical Research Council Centre for Clinical Research Excellence Grant, Australia.

PII: S1051-2276(08)00463-9

doi: 10.1053/j.jrn.2008.11.006

Journal of Renal Nutrition
Volume 19, Issue 4 , Pages 304-313 , July 2009

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