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Adiposity Patterns and the Risk for ESRD in Postmenopausal Women
Author(s) -
Nora Franceschini,
Natalia Gouskova,
Alex P. Reiner,
Andrew G. Bostom,
Barbara V. Howard,
Mary Pettinger,
Jason G. Umans,
M. Alan Brookhart,
Wolfgang C. Winkelmayer­,
Charles B. Eaton,
Gerardo Heiss,
Jason P. Fine
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.02860314
Subject(s) - medicine , waist , body mass index , hazard ratio , confidence interval , cohort study , proportional hazards model , prospective cohort study , cohort
Body mass index and waist circumference associate with adverse health outcomes, including CKD. Studies of the association of body mass index and ESRD have been inconsistent; these adiposity measures have not been previously assessed together for ESRD risk or among postmenopausal women.

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