Impact of body mass index on progression of primary immunoglobulin a nephropathy

The role of obesity in the progression of primary glomerular diseases is controversial. A few studies report overweight/obesity as a risk factor for disease progression in immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN), and the real impact of it still remains unclear. The aim of this study was to elucidate the...

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Main Authors: Shankar Prasad Nagaraju, Dharshan Rangaswamy, Aswani Srinivas Mareddy, Srikanth Prasad, Sindhu Kaza, Srinivas Shenoy, Karan Saraf, Ravindra Prabhu Attur, Rajeevalochana Parthasarathy, Srinivas Kosuru, Uday Venkat Mateti, Vasudeva Guddattu, Sindhura Lakshmi Koulmane Laxminarayana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation
Online Access:http://www.sjkdt.org/article.asp?issn=1319-2442;year=2018;volume=29;issue=2;spage=318;epage=325;aulast=Nagaraju