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The Asia-Pacific body mass index classification and new-onset chronic kidney disease in non-diabetic Japanese adults: A community-based longitudinal study from 1998 to 2023
2024-01-07
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<h4>Background/Objectives</h4> Obesity is a risk factor for chronic kidney disease (CKD) in Asians. The Asia-Pacific body mass index (BMI) classification sets lower obesity cutoffs than the conventional BMI classification for all races, generally reflecting the lower BMIs in Asians. This longitudinal study evaluated the association between BMI, as classified by the Asia-Pacific BMI system, and CKD development in n...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 59436611-38fc-5dc0-aad2-5a8cd03d2f56
- DOI
- 10.1101/2024.01.06.23300566
