The Association Between Metabolically Healthy Obesity and the Risk of Proteinuria: The Kansai Healthcare Study

Background: Metabolically healthy obesity seems to be a unique phenotype for the risk of cardiometabolic diseases. However, it is not known whether this phenotype is associated with the risk of proteinuria. Methods: Study subjects were 9,185 non-diabetic Japanese male workers aged 40–55 years who ha...

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Main Authors: Shinichiro Uehara, Kyoko Kogawa Sato, Hideo Koh, Mikiko Shibata, Shigeki Kinuhata, Akiko Yamada, Keiko Oue, Hiroshi Kambe, Michio Morimoto, Tomoshige Hayashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Japan Epidemiological Association 2018-08-01
Series:Journal of Epidemiology
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Online Access:https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jea/28/8/28_JE20170082/_pdf