Central obesity associates with renal hyperfiltration in the non-diabetic general population: a cross-sectional study

• Published in: BMC Nephrology
• Main Authors: Stefansson, Vidar Tor Nyborg, Schei, Jørgen, Jenssen, Trond Geir, Melsom, Toralf, Eriksen, Bjørn Odvar
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BioMed Central 2016
• Subjects: Body mass index; Chronic kidney disease; Glomerular filtration rate; Glomerular hyperfiltration; Waist circumference; Waist-hip ratio; VDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800::Epidemiologi medisinsk og odontologisk statistikk: 803; VDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Health sciences: 800::Community medicine; Social medicine: 801; VDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800::Samfunnsmedisin; sosialmedisin: 801; The Waist; Tromsø
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/10163; https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-016-0386-4

Source at https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-016-0386-4 . Background - Obesity is a risk factor for end-stage renal disease. Renal hyperfiltration, defined as an abnormally high glomerular filtration rate (GFR), is a link in the causal chain between diabetes and chronic kidney disease. Whether obesity i...