Obesity and risk of death or dialysis in younger and older patients on specialized pre-dialysis care.

Obesity and risk of death or dialysis in younger and older patients on specialized pre-dialysis care.

<h4>Background</h4>Obesity is associated with increased mortality and accelerated decline in kidney function in the general population. Little is known about the effect of obesity in younger and older pre-dialysis patients. The aim of this study was to assess the extent to which obesity...

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Main Authors: Ellen K Hoogeveen, Kenneth J Rothman, Pauline W M Voskamp, Renée de Mutsert, Nynke Halbesma, Friedo W Dekker, PREPARE-2 Study Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0184007&type=printable

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