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Metabolically healthy obesity and incident chronic kidney disease: The role of systemic inflammation in a prospective study.
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) - 1 Mar 2017
Lin Lin, Peng Kui, Du Rui, Huang Xiaolin, Lu Jieli, Xu Yu, Xu Min, Chen Yuhong, Bi Yufang, Wang Weiqing
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association between the metabolically healthy obesity (MHO) phenotype and incident chronic kidney disease (CKD) in a Chinese population and whether systemic inflammation affects this association. METHODS: A cohort study was performed with 2,491 Chinese adults. Body mass index ≥ 25.0 kg/m2 was defined as obesity. CKD was defined as estimated glomerular filtration rate < 60 mL/min per...
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