Estimating Negative Effect of Abdominal Obesity on Mildly Decreased Kidney Function Using a Novel Index of Body-Fat Distribution

Abdominal obesity is a major risk factor of chronic kidney disease (CKD). Conventional obesity-related indicators, included body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), and conicity index (C-index), have some limitations. We examined the usefulness of trunk/body fat mass ratio (T/Br) to predict...

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Autores principales: Oh, Il Hwan, Choi, Jong Wook, Lee, Chang Hwa, Park, Joon-Sung
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences 2017
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5334159/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28244287
http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2017.32.4.613

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5334159/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28244287
http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2017.32.4.613

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