Body mass index in an Australian population with chronic kidney disease

Body mass index in an Australian population with chronic kidney disease

Abstract Background Obesity emerged as the leading global health concern in 2017. Although higher body mass index (BMI) is a health risk in the general population, its implications for chronic kidney disease (CKD) are not entirely clear. Our aim was to compare BMI in an Australian CKD population wit...

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Main Authors: Samuel Chan, Anne Cameron, Zaimin Wang, Sree K. Venuthurupalli, Ken S. Tan, Helen G. Healy, Wendy E. Hoy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-08-01
Series:BMC Nephrology
Subjects:
Associations
Body mass index
Chronic kidney disease
Clinical
Demographics
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12882-018-1006-2

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