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Obesity-related kidney disease.
Primary care - 1 Dec 2014
Snyder Samuel, Turner Gracie A, Turner Alan
Abstract excerpt
The prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is increasing, and the epidemic of obesity is one of the causes. Obesity exacerbates hypertension as a risk factor for CKD, causing vasoconstriction and salt and water retention. Obesity also worsens glucose intolerance and insulin resistance as risk factors for CKD. Obesity targets the kidney by triggering novel pathways of intrarenal inflammation, recruiting...
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