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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2018-03-01
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Series: | Kidney International Reports |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468024917304801 |