Obesity during midlife in women may increase risk of kidney disease later
Written By : Medha Baranwal
Medically Reviewed By : Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli
Published On 2020-10-08 09:00 GMT | Update On 2020-10-08 05:00 GMT
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USA: Women who are obese at midlife might be at higher risk of kidney function decline and end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) later in life, suggests a recent study in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases.
Obesity is associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD). However, there is no information on the associations of different midlife obesity measures with long-term kidney function and whether they differ by race and sex. Zhi Yu, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, and colleagues, therefore, examined different measures of obesity given the controversy over the optimal method of obesity estimation with a goal of determining whether obesity may lead to faster kidney function decline.
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