TRANSPLANTATION PROCEEDINGS, cilt.36, sa.1, ss.108-110, 2004 (SCI-Expanded)
Cigarette smoking may adversely influence patient and graft survival. In Europe and the United States the prevalence of cigarette smoking in dialysis patients is 35% to 40% and 25%, respectively. In Turkey, the estimated prevalence of cigarette smoking rate in the normal population is 26%. This study evaluated the rate of smoking in 63 cadaveric, and 158 living-related renal transplant recipients including (150 men, and 76 women of 38 12 years; range, 8 to 70) who were operated between 1986 and 2001.