A high body mass index and female gender are associated with an increased risk of nodular hyperplasia of parathyroid glands in chronic uraemia

Abstract

A high BMI and female gender are associated with an increased risk of nodular hyperplasia of parathyroid glands in adult Caucasian haemodialysis patients. The two risk factors, above all if combined in the same patient, appear to predispose to a larger body burden of P, increasing by that way the severity of sHPTH.