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Increased body fat rather than body weight has harmful effects on 4-year changes of renal function in the general elderly population with a normal or mildly impaired renal function

BACKGROUND: With increasing age, body fat increases and muscle mass reduces. Even people with a normal weight may have a higher percentage of body fat. The aim of this study is to investigate the association between increased body fat and renal function decline (RFD) in the general elderly populatio...

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Autores principales: Kim, Jwa-Kyung, Song, Young Rim, Kwon, Young-Jun, Kim, Hyung Jik, Kim, Sung Gyun, Ju, Young-Su
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4128790/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25120357
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CIA.S66714