Dyslipidemia After Kidney Transplantation and Correlation With Cyclosporine Level: A Glimpse into the Future

I read with interest the article by Hosseini et al. recently published in the Nephro-Urology Monthly, titled “dyslipidemia after kidney transplantation and correlation with cyclosporine level”. They concluded that dyslipidemia is common finding after kidney transplantation and has no correlation with Cyclosporine level (1). Importantly, serum creatinine was the only risk factor for hypercholesterolemia development after kidney transplantation. Furthermore, in this study hypercholesterolemia, hypertriglyceridemia and low high density lipoprotein (HDL-C) were observed more in the cadaveric kidney transplantation. This may suggest the ischemia-reperfusion injury during organ retrieval and transplantation may have a role in the development of dyslipidaemia post transplantation.