Association of Visceral Fat Area with Chronic Kidney Disease and Metabolic Syndrome Risk in the General Population: Analysis Using Multi-Frequency Bioimpedance

• Main Authors: Seok Hui Kang (Author), Kyu Hyang Cho (Author), Jong Won Park (Author), Kyung Woo Yoon (Author), Jun Young Do (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Karger Publishers, 2015-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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), us...