Comparison between Different Measures of Body Fat with Kidney Function Decline and Incident CKD.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Although anthropometric measures of body fat are associated with development of CKD, they may not be able to distinguish between various forms of fat and therefore may be less accurate than computed tomography (CT) measures. We compared the association of CT and anthropometric measures of obesity with kidney outcomes in the Health Aging and Body Composition Study.

Design, setting, participants, & measurements

Participants were recruited from March of 1997 through July of 1998. CT measures included visceral abdominal fat (VAT), subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT), and intermuscular fat area (IMAT), whereas anthropometric measures included waist circumference (WC) and body mass index (BMI). Kidney outcomes included kidney function (KF) decline (30% decr

SUBMITTER: Madero M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5460706 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature