Visceral adiposity index and risks of cardiovascular events and mortality in prevalent hemodialysis patients

BACKGROUND: The visceral adiposity index (VAI) is a newly-derived measure of visceral adiposity with well-validated predictive power for cardiovascular (CV) outcomes in the general population. However, this predictability has not been investigated in hemodialysis patients, and whether VAI is superio...

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Autores principales: Chen, Hung-Yuan, Chiu, Yen-Ling, Chuang, Yi-Fang, Hsu, Shih-Ping, Pai, Mei-Fen, Yang, Ju-Yeh, Peng, Yu-Sen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Original Investigation
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4189758/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25280960
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12933-014-0136-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4189758/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25280960
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12933-014-0136-5

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