Sagittal Abdominal Diameter Is an Independent Predictor of All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality in Incident Peritoneal Dialysis Patients

BACKGROUNDS AND AIMS: Visceral fat has a crucial role in the development and progression of cardiovascular disease, the major cause of death in end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Although sagittal abdominal diameter (SAD), as an index of visceral fat, significantly correlated with mortality in the gene...

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Autores principales: Lee, Mi Jung, Shin, Dong Ho, Kim, Seung Jun, Yoo, Dong Eun, Ko, Kwang Il, Koo, Hyang Mo, Kim, Chan Ho, Doh, Fa Mee, Oh, Hyung Jung, Park, Jung Tak, Han, Seung Hyeok, Yoo, Tae-Hyun, Choi, Kyu Hun, Kang, Shin-Wook
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3805560/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24167560
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0077082

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3805560/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24167560
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0077082

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