Association of obesity with mortality in patients with various stages of non-dialysis dependent CKD (NDD-CKD)

• Main Authors: Csaba P Kovesdy (Author), Jun L Lu (Author), Evan H Lott (Author), Miklos Z Molnar (Author), Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The Korean Society of Nephrology, 2012-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Obesity is associated with increased mortality in the general population, but with lower mortality in dialysis patients. It is unclear at what stage of CKD this reversal occurs. Furthermore, it is unclear if associations differ for body mass index (BMI) or the ponderal index (PI, the weight divided...