Impact of Misclassification of Obesity by Body Mass Index on Mortality in Patients With CKD

Unlike the general population, a higher body mass index (BMI) is associated with greater survival among patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). This “obesity paradox” may be due to limitations of BMI as a measure of adiposity in CKD. Both BMI and body fat percentage (BF%) are used to classify ob...

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Main Authors: Ting-Yun Lin, Paik-Seong Lim, Szu-Chun Hung
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-03-01
Series:Kidney International Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468024917304801