Prospective Evaluation of Waist Circumference and Visceral Adipose Tissue in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease

Claudia Modesto Velludo,Maria Ayako Kamimura,Fabiana M. R. Sanches,Marcelo M Lemos,Maria Eugênia Fernandes Canziani,Lara B. Pupim,Sérgio Antônio Draibe,Lilian Cuppari

Prospective Evaluation of Waist Circumference and Visceral Adipose Tissue in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease

2010

Claudia Modesto Velludo
Maria Ayako Kamimura
Fabiana M. R. Sanches
Marcelo M Lemos
Maria Eugênia Fernandes Canziani
Lara B. Pupim
Sérgio Antônio Draibe
Lilian Cuppari

Background: Waist circumference (WC), a simple anthropometric measure, is associated with visceral adipose tissue (VAT) in cross-sectional studies, and thus has been used as a surro

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Waist
Prospective cohort study
Intra-Abdominal Fat
Area under the curve
Endocrinology
Kidney disease
Diabetes mellitus
Internal medicine
Medicine
Adipose tissue
Circumference
Anthropometry
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