Association of insulin resistance with chronic kidney disease in non-diabetic subjects with normal weight.

OBJECTIVE: To the best of our knowledge, the association of insulin resistance (IR) with chronic kidney disease (CKD) has not been well studied in normal-weight individuals. The aim of this study is to examine whether IR is associated with CKD in non-diabetic subjects with normal weight. We also exa...

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Main Authors: Shanying Chen, Youming Chen, Xinyu Liu, Mi Li, Bide Wu, Yongqiang Li, Yan Liang, Xiaofei Shao, Harry Holthöfer, Hequn Zou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3772877?pdf=render