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The risk of chronic kidney disease in a metabolically healthy obese population.
Kidney international - 1 Oct 2015
Jung Chang Hee, Lee Min Jung, Kang Yu Mi, Hwang Jenie Y, Kim Eun Hee, Park Joong-Yeol, Kim Hong-Kyu, Lee Woo Je
Abstract excerpt
Obesity has become an important risk factor for chronic kidney disease (CKD). The metabolically healthy obese (MHO) phenotype refers to obese individuals with a favorable metabolic profile. However, its prognostic value remains controversial and may depend on the health outcome being investigated. To assess this, we examined the risk of MHO phenotype with incident CKD in a Korean population of 41,194 people...
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