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Central obesity is common in renal transplant recipients and is associated with increased prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors

2007-09-01

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Obesity following renal transplantation is common and may be associated with cardiovascular disease. We sought to investigate the prevalence of central obesity in renal transplant recipients (RTR) and its association with cardiovascular risk factors. Weight, height, body mass index (BMI), waist and hip circumference, and biochemical cardiovascular risk factors were prospectively measured in 199 RTR, and were compa...

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Literature Corpus work: 222b2342-6bd4-52a8-a0ff-d992586be6be
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0080.2007.00151.x

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