Modeling the impact of obesity on the lifetime risk of chronic kidney disease in the United States using updated estimates of GFR progression from the CRIC study.

Modeling the impact of obesity on the lifetime risk of chronic kidney disease in the United States using updated estimates of GFR progression from the CRIC study.

<h4>Rationale & objective</h4>As the prevalence of obesity continues to rise in the United States, it is important to understand its impact on the lifetime risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD).<h4>Study design</h4>The CKD Health Policy Model was used to simulate the lifet...

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Main Authors: Benjamin O Yarnoff, Thomas J Hoerger, Sundar S Shrestha, Siobhan K Simpson, Nilka R Burrows, Amanda H Anderson, Dawei Xie, Hsiang-Yu Chen, Meda E Pavkov, CRIC Study Investigators
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0205530

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