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Waist Hip Ratio and Body Mass Index as Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Events in Chronic Kidney Disease

BACKGROUND: The role of obesity as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) is poorly understood. Waist to hip ratio (WHR) is less influenced by muscle and bone mass than body mass index (BMI). We compared WHR and BMI as risk factors for cardiac events (...

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Autors principals: Elsayed, Essam F, Tighiouart, Hocine, Weiner, Daniel E, Griffith, John, Salem, Deeb, Levey, Andrew S, Sarnak, Mark J
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicat: 2008
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Accés en línia:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2693892/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18514990
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.04.002
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