Visceral, general, abdominal adiposity and atherogenic index of plasma in relatively lean hemodialysis patients

Visceral, general, abdominal adiposity and atherogenic index of plasma in relatively lean hemodialysis patients

Abstract Background Obesity is a well-established risk factor for atherosclerosis. However, it is unknown which measure of adiposity best relates to atherosclerosis in relatively lean maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients. We aimed to explore and compare the associations between different adiposit...

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Main Authors: Chaomin Zhou, Hongying Peng, Jing Yuan, Xin Lin, Yan Zha, Hui Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-08-01
Series:BMC Nephrology
Subjects:
Visceral adiposity
Hemodialysis
Atherogenic index of plasma
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12882-018-0996-0

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