Table 1 Related risk factors for diabetes mellitus following pancreas transplantation

• Donor: older age and high body mass index

• Surgical procedure: extensive manipulation of the graft and long ischemic period

• Recipient: higher body mass index and posttransplant weight gain; donor age, hepatitis C virus and donor-positive with recipient-negative CMV status

• Type of pancreas transplantation: pancreas transplantation alone and pancreas after kidney transplantation

• Immunosuppressive regimen: prolonged use of glucocorticoids and use of tacrolimus

• Follow-up: number of acute rejection episodes, loss of the kidney graft in pancreas-kidney transplantation, and long duration of the transplant