By David Statman
PHILADELPHIA — The association between obesity and chronic kidney disease may be partially explained by inflammatory cytokines and high levels of leptin, according to data from a study presented at ASN Kidney Week.
The data showed that inflammatory and proinflammatory mediators were highest in obese patients, with maximum aberrations occurring in obese patients with CKD, suggesting a potential link. Read the article in Healio.
By Shawn M. Carter
Slow walking pace and weight gain may be linked to chronic kidney disease risk in adults who have obesity but not diabetes, according to a study by Drexel University researchers.
Results from the College of Medicine and Dornsife School of Public Health suggest staying fit and avoiding weight gain may be more pivotal than weight loss alone to reduce CKD risk.
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Increased fat mass, particularly visceral adiposity, promotes kidney disease generation and progression through direct and indirect mechanisms, and pharmacologic treatment is necessary to avoid adverse outcomes, according to a speaker.
“The direct mechanisms that you and I treat in the office everyday are BP, cholesterol and diabetes,” Matthew Weir, MD, professor and chief of the division of nephrology at University of Maryland School of Medicine, said during a presentation at the World Congress on Insulin Resistance, Diabetes & Cardiovascular Disease. Read more in Healio.