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SUBMITTER: Hung CC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9144670 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hung Chi-Chih CC Yu Pei-Hua PH Niu Sheng-Wen SW Kuo I-Ching IC Lee Jia-Jung JJ Shen Feng-Ching FC Chang Jer-Ming JM Hwang Shang-Jyh SJ
Journal of clinical medicine 20220515 10
Obesity-related nephropathy is associated with renal function progression. However, some studies have associated a high body mass index (BMI) with improved renal outcomes—this is referred to as the obesity paradox for renal outcomes, especially in relation to advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD). Central obesity can explain the obesity paradox in all-cause mortality. However, whether obesity or central obesity is associated with renal outcomes (renal replacement therapy or a 50% decline in the ...[more]