The effect of intensive nutrition interventions on weight gain after kidney transplantation: protocol of a randomised controlled trial

Table 2 INTENT study data collection at baseline and months 3, 6 and 12 post-transplant in the intervention and standard care groups

Type of data	Specific measure
Demographics	Age
	Gender
Clinical status	Acute medical issues (including acute rejection, hospital admissions, diabetes status)
	Graft function
Anthropometry	Body weight
	Body mass index
	Waist circumference & waist-hip ratio
	Mid-arm circumference
	Skin-fold thickness
Body composition	Bioimpedance assessment
	Deuterium dilution (total body water, fat mass)
	DEXA (bone mass and fat mass)
	In vivo neutron activation analysis of body nitrogen (total body protein)
	Total body potassium (body cell mass)
Biochemistry	Serum creatinine
	Estimated GFR
	Immunosuppression drug levels
	Fasting glucose
	Insulin
	HbA1c
	Total, LDL & HDL cholesterol and triglycerides
	Insulin resistance (HOMA)
Dietary*	3-day food diary
Dietary*	Motivational assessment rulers to assess motivation to change
Physical function	Gait speed assessment
	Hand grip strength
	Sit-to-stand-to-sit test
Other	PG-SGA
	NZPAQ-SF
	SF-36
	Blood pressure

*Only collected for intensive arm.
DEXA = Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry; GFR = Glomerular filtration rate; HbA1c = Haemoglobin A1c; HDL = High density lipoprotein; LDL = Low density lipoprotein; NZPAQ-SF = New Zealand physical activity questionnaire – short form; PG-SGA = Patient-generated subjective global assessment; SF-36 = Short Form-36.

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