350301login-checkWeight Cycling Linked With Poor Outcomes in Chronic Kidney Disease |
“Large fluctuations in body mass index (BMI) over time — otherwise known as weight cycling — were associated with poorer outcomes in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to an observational study.
In 84,636 predialysis patients with CKD followed for a median of 4 years, those in the highest quartile of BMI variability had an increased risk for all-cause mortality compared with the lowest quartile (HR 1.66, 95% CI 1.53-1.81, P<0.001), reported Dong Ki Kim, MD, PhD, of Seoul National University College of Medicine in South Korea, and colleagues.”
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350301login-checkWeight Cycling Linked With Poor Outcomes in Chronic Kidney Disease |
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