Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston
Body mass index linked to increased risk for chronic kidney disease in men
Published in Disease Risk Factor Week, February 19th, 2006
"Overweight and obesity are well-established risk factors for cardiovascular disease and decline in kidney function in individuals with existing chronic kidney disease (CKD). Conversely, their association with the development of CKD is less clear. We evaluated the association between body mass index (BMI) and risk for CKD in a cohort of 11,104 initially healthy men who participated in the Physicians' Health Study and provided a blood sample after 14 years," researchers in the United States report.
R.P. Gelber and colleagues at the Brigham and Women's Hospital...
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