Open AccessBMI, Sex, and Access to Transplantation
Author(s) -
Anne M. Huml,
Ashwini R. Sehgal
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
clinical journal of the american society of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.755
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1555-905X
pISSN - 1555-9041
DOI - 10.2215/cjn.02610314
Subject(s) - medicine , dialysis , transplantation , body mass index , diabetes mellitus , population , kidney transplantation , obesity , renal function , surgery , endocrinology , environmental health
An astonishing one of every three Americans in the general population is now obese, defined as a body mass index (BMI)≥30.0 kg/m2 ([1][1]). Even more strikingly, one of every two American patients with ESRD is obese ([2][2]). What is the best treatment modality for such patients? Among patients
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