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SUBMITTER: Shen FC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9523665 | biostudies-literature | 2022
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shen Feng-Ching FC Chen Mei-En ME Wu Wei-Tsung WT Kuo I-Ching IC Niu Sheng-Wen SW Lee Jia-Jung JJ Hung Chi-Chih CC Chang Jer-Ming JM Hwang Shang-Jyh SJ
Frontiers in nutrition 20220916
Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) demonstrate a survival benefit with a high body mass index (BMI); this is the obesity paradox. Central obesity has a higher prognostic value than BMI, even in those with normal weight. Whether total body fat percentage (TBF%) provides more information than BMI and waist circumference (WC) remains unknown. We included 3,262 Asian patients with stage 3-5 CKD and divided these patients by TBF% and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) quartiles (Q1-Q4). TBF% was as ...[more]