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The Disadvantage of Being Fat
- Source :
- Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 19:191-193
- Publication Year :
- 2008
- Publisher :
- Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2008.
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Abstract
- Given the epidemic of obesity in the United States, it is not surprising that an increasing fraction of patients who are considered for and receiving kidney transplants are also overweight. Friedman et al. [1][1] found a 41.9% decrease in the fraction of patients with normal body mass index (BMI)
Details
- ISSN :
- 10466673
- Volume :
- 19
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........c2fc0beb950fcd1ee888671a6f848f98
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1681/asn.2007121337