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- Title
Does chronic kidney disease modify the association between body mass index and cardiovascular disease risk factors.
- Authors
Bansal, Nisha; Vittinghoff, Eric; Plantinga, Laura; Hsu, Chi-Yuan
- Abstract
Excess weight is paradoxically associated with better cardiovascular disease (CVD) outcomes and mortality in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients treated with hemodialysis. This association has been observed in chronic kidney disease (CKD) as well. One potential explanation for this inverse relationship is that the usual positive correlation between severity of CVD risk factors and higher body mass index (BMI) is reversed in CKD. To test this hypothesis, we determined the relationship between BMI and CVD risk factors in patients with and without CKD.
- Publication
Journal of nephrology, 2012, Vol 25, Issue 3, p317
- ISSN
1724-6059
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.5301/JN.2011.8454