Waist-to-height ratio is the best index of obesity in association with chronic kidney disease

Nutrition

Volumn 23, Issue 11-12, 2007, Pages 788-793

  Lin, Chih Hsueh ^a   Chou, Che Yi ^b   Lin, Cheng Chieh ^a   Huang, Chiu Ching ^a   Liu, Chiu Shong ^a   Lai, Shih Wei ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY BEIGANG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Chronic kidney disease; Diabetes; Gender; Hypertension; Metabolic syndrome; Obesity; Waist circumference; Waist to height ratio; Waist to hip ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; WAIST TO HEIGHT RATIO;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY HEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 34948842460     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2007.08.007     Document Type: Article

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