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RATIONALE & OBJECTIVE: There is debate on whether weight loss, a hallmark of frailty, signals higher risk for adverse outcomes among deceased donor kidney transplant (DDKT) recipients. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. SETTING & PARTICIPANTS: Using national Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network data, we included all DDKT recipients in the United States between 12/4/2004–12/3/2014 who were adults (≥ 18 years) when listed for DDKT. EXPOSURES: Relative pre-DDKT weight change as a continuous predictor and categorized as DDKT weight within 5% of listing weight, ≥5 & |