Body mass index modifies the risk of cardiovascular death in proteinuric chronic kidney disease

Background. In subjects with end-stage renal disease, a high body mass index (BMI) is inversely related to overall mortality, which has been coined reverse epidemiology phenomenon. This study sought to investigate this paradox as well as a possible risk modification by proteinuria on the relationshi...

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Veröffentlicht in:Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation dialysis, transplantation, 2009-08, Vol.24 (8), p.2421-2428
Hauptverfasser: Obermayr, Rudolf P., Temml, Christian, Gutjahr, Georg, Kainz, Alexander, Klauser-Braun, Renate, Függer, Reinhold, Oberbauer, Rainer
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