Metabolic syndrome and its components are associated with increased chronic kidney disease risk: Evidence from a meta-analysis on 11 109 003 participants from 66 studies.
Shahab AlizadehMahsa AhmadiBehnam Ghorbani NejadAbolghassem DjazayeriSakineh Shab-BidarPublished in: International journal of clinical practice (2018)
This meta-analysis strongly suggests that the metabolic syndrome and its components are independently associated with the increased risk of CKD.