Accumulation of visceral fat in maintenance hemodialysis patients

Takatomi Yurugi,Satoshi Morimoto,Takayuki Okamoto,Yoshifumi Amari,Yuko Kasuno,Masayoshi Fukui,Fumitaka Nakajima,Mitsushige Nishikawa,Toshiji Iwasaka

Accumulation of visceral fat in maintenance hemodialysis patients

2012

Takatomi Yurugi
Satoshi Morimoto
Takayuki Okamoto
Yoshifumi Amari
Yuko Kasuno
Masayoshi Fukui
Fumitaka Nakajima
Mitsushige Nishikawa
Toshiji Iwasaka

Background In hemodialysis (HD) patients, obesity has been recognized as a serious risk factor for mortality and morbidity for cardiovascular diseases. In addition, abnormalities of lipid profiles exist in these patients.

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Endocrinology
Internal medicine
Obesity
Intima-media thickness
Risk factor
Arterial stiffness
Computed tomography
Diabetes mellitus
Hemodialysis
Medicine
Pulse wave velocity
Nephrology

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