Association of anthropometric measures with kidney disease progression and mortality: a retrospective cohort study of pre-dialysis chronic kidney disease patients referred to a specialist renal service

BACKGROUND: Although elevated body mass index (BMI) is a predictor of better clinical outcomes in dialysis patients, the evidence in pre-dialysis chronic kidney disease (CKD) is conflicting. Clinical measures of central obesity may be better prognostic indicators, although investigation has been lim...

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Autores principales: Davis, Emma, Campbell, Katrina, Gobe, Glenda, Hawley, Carmel, Isbel, Nicole, Johnson, David W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4939033/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27391644
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12882-016-0290-y

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4939033/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27391644
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12882-016-0290-y

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