Hypertension is the Main Determinant Behind the Association Between Metabolic Syndrome and Chronic kidney Disease in Subjects with Different Degrees of Glucose Tolerance

Hypertension is the Main Determinant Behind the Association Between Metabolic Syndrome and Chronic kidney Disease in Subjects with Different Degrees of Glucose Tolerance

Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a significant public health problem. It is still controversial if the metabolic syndrome (MS) is associated with CKD. Methods: Cross-sectional study of individuals at high risk of developing diabetes at the endocrine outpatient clinic of Hospital de Clíni...

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Main Authors: Alessandra Locatelli Smith, Barbara Gastal Borges Fortes, André Dias Américo, Vanessa Piccoli, Sheila Piccoli Garcia, Brunna Jaeger, Juliana Zampieri, Ennio Rocha, Alice Xavier, Gabriele Ghisleni, Luis Henrique Canani, Fernando Gerchman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre ; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) 2011-04-01
Series:Clinical and Biomedical Research
Subjects:
Diabetes, Metabolyc Syndrome, Chronic Kidney Disease.
Online Access:http://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/hcpa/article/view/18619

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