University of Groningen
Lifestyle, Inflammation, and Vascular Calcification in Kidney Transplant Recipients Sotomayor, Camilo G.
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10.33612/diss.135859726
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Publication date: 2020
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Sotomayor, C. G. (2020). Lifestyle, Inflammation, and Vascular Calcification in Kidney Transplant Recipients: Perspectives on Long-Term Outcomes. University of Groningen.
https://doi.org/10.33612/diss.135859726
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Propositions Belonging to PhD thesis
Lifestyle, Inflammation, and Vascular Calcification
in Kidney Transplant Recipients:
Perspectives on Long-Term Outcomes
By Camilo G. Sotomayor
1. A relatively high fruit and vegetable consumption is independently associated with lower risk of cardiovascular mortality in kidney transplant recipients. This thesis.
2. Concomitant mercury intake does not significantly counteract the beneficial effect on mortality risk conferred by a relatively high fish intake among kidney transplant recipients. This thesis.
3. Plasma cadmium concentrations are independently associated with risk of kidney function decline and late graft failure in kidney transplant recipients. This thesis.
4. Redox imbalance, inflammation, and vascular calcification are persisting mechanisms of disease associated with excess mortality risk post-kidney transplantation. This thesis.
5. Vitamin C depletion is common among kidney transplant recipients and its association with increased risk of death is, to a considerable extend, explained by adverse effects of vitamin C depletion on inflammatory status. This thesis.
6. Plasma levels of the inflammatory and fibrosis biomarker galectin-3 are relatively increased in kidney transplant recipients and independently associated with long-term risk of graft failure. This thesis.
7. Your genetics load the gun. Your lifestyle pulls the trigger. Mehmet Oz.
8. Nothing will benefit health or increase chances of survival on earth as the evolution to a vegetarian diet. Albert Einstein.
9. Te obligaremos, mar, te obligaremos, tierra, a hacer milagros, porque en nosotros mismos, en la lucha, está el pez,
está el pan, está el milagro. Pablo Neruda.
10. Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed. Mahatma Gandhi. 11. Our attitude towards life determines life’s attitude towards us. John N. Mitchell.
