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The Disadvantage of Being Fat

Authors :
Roberto S. Kalil
Lawrence G. Hunsicker
Source :
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 19:191-193
Publication Year :
2008
Publisher :
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2008.

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