Prevalence of Proteinuria and Albuminuria in an Obese Population and Associated Risk Factors

Obesity has been increasingly recognized as a risk factor for kidney disease and both proteinuria and microalbuminuria have been associated with obesity. The actual prevalence of microalbuminuria and proteinuria in obese patients in the United States (US) has not been clearly described in the litera...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Medicine
Main Authors:	Jordan L. Rosenstock, Max Pommier, Guillaume Stoffels, Satyam Patel, Michael F. Michelis
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-04-01
Subjects:	obesity proteinuria prevalence albuminuria prevalence risk factors proteinuria diabetes complications hypertension
Online Access:	http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmed.2018.00122/full