Prevalence and Risk Factors of New-onset Diabetes after Transplant in East Africans.

Very little is known about the prevalence of new-onset diabetes after transplant (NODAT) in sub-Saharan and Eastern Africans. Most of the data are related to African Americans and to North and South Africans. The aims of this study were to examine the prevalence of NODAT in Sudanese renal transplant recipients, compare it with the published literature, and identify the risk factors for developing NODAT.

New-Onset Diabetes After Transplant in a Sudanese Renal Transplant Population: Prevalence and Risk Factors.

Objectives: New-onset diabetes after transplant is a well-recognized complication of solid-organ transplant. The true incidence of this complication in Sudan is not known. The aim of this study was to define the prevalence of new-onset diabetes after transplant in a Sudanese renal transplant population and to identify the contributing risk factors.