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Obesity and synergistic risk factors for chronic kidney disease in African American adults: the Jackson Heart Study.
Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association - 1 Jun 2018
Olivo Robert E, Davenport Clemontina A, Diamantidis Clarissa J, Bhavsar Nrupen A, Tyson Crystal C, Hall Rasheeda, Bidulescu Aurelian, Young Bessie, Mwasongwe Stanford E, Pendergast Jane, Boulware L Ebony, Scialla Julia J
Abstract excerpt
Background: African Americans are at high risk for chronic kidney disease (CKD). Obesity may increase the risk for CKD by exacerbating features of the metabolic syndrome and promoting glomerular hyperfiltration. Whether other factors also affecting these pathways may amplify or mitigate obesity-CKD associations has not been investigated. Methods: We studied interactions between obesity and these candidate factors...
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