CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE IN ADULTS WITH THE METABOLIC SYNDROME IN BENIN CITY: PREVALENCE AND CORRELATES.

The Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) is a constellation of interrelated risk factors that appear to directly promote the development of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Recently, an association with chronic kidney disease (CKD) has been documented severally in literature. Only a few prevalence studi...

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Main Authors: Oghenekaro Egbi, Evelyn Unuigbe.I, Efosa Oviasu, Louis Ojogwu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Korean Society of Nephrology 2012-06-01
Series:Kidney Research and Clinical Practice
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211913212004111