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Association of visceral fat area with chronic kidney disease and metabolic syndrome risk in the general population: analysis us

Nephrology
Author
Kang SH et al.
Used Parameters : FFM, PBF, VFA

Publication Year : 2015

Country : Korea

Journal : Kidney and Blood Pressure Research

Background/Aims: Advances in bioimpedance analysis (BIA) technologies now enable visceral fat area (VFA) to be assessed using this method. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical relevance and usefulness of VFA as a predictor of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and metabolic syndrome (MS), using BIA. Methods: We identified 24,791 adults who underwent voluntary routine health checkups at Yeungnam University Hospital. In total 22,480 patients were recruited into our study. Participants were divided into 3 tertiles …
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