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Central obesity associates with renal hyperfiltration in the non-diabetic general population: a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Obesity is a risk factor for end-stage renal disease. Renal hyperfiltration, defined as an abnormally high glomerular filtration rate (GFR), is a link in the causal chain between diabetes and chronic kidney disease. Whether obesity is associated with hyperfiltration in the non-diabetic g...

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Autores principales: Stefansson, Vidar Tor Nyborg, Schei, Jørgen, Jenssen, Trond Geir, Melsom, Toralf, Eriksen, Bjørn Odvar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5103601/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27832768
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12882-016-0386-4