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Subclinical versus overt obesity in dialysis patients: more than meets the eye

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2013

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Carolina Gracia-Iguacel, Abdul Rashid Qureshi, Carla María Avesani, Olof Heimbürger, Xiaoyan Huang, Bengt Lindholm, Peter Bárány, Alberto Ortíz, Peter Stenvinkel, Juan Jesús Carrero
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Abstract

A BMI of <30 kg/m(2) does not exclude the presence of excess adiposity. Subclinical obesity is a frequent condition in dialysis patients, and the clinical consequences of this finding deserve further consideration.

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