The association between individual and combined components of metabolic syndrome and chronic kidney disease among African Americans: the Jackson Heart Study.

The association between individual and combined components of metabolic syndrome and chronic kidney disease among African Americans: the Jackson Heart Study.

Approximately 26.3 million people in the United States have chronic kidney disease and many more are at risk of developing the condition. The association between specific metabolic syndrome components and chronic kidney disease in African American individuals is uncertain.Baseline data from 4,933 pa...

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Main Authors: Vincent L Mendy, Mario J Azevedo, Daniel F Sarpong, Sylvia E Rosas, Olugbemiga T Ekundayo, Jung Hye Sung, Azad R Bhuiyan, Brenda C Jenkins, Clifton Addison
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4081650?pdf=render

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