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Metabolic syndrome in haemodialysis patients: prevalence, determinants and association to cardiovascular outcomes
BACKGROUND: In the general population, metabolic syndrome (MetS) is predictive of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE). Waist circumference (WC), a component of the MetS criteria, is linked to visceral obesity, which in turn is associated with MACE. However, in haemodialysis (HD) patients, the...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7427285/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32792012 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12882-020-02004-3 |