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The magnitude of obesity and metabolic syndrome among diabetic chronic kidney disease population: A nationwide study.

Piyawan KittiskulnamNintita Sripaiboonkij ThokanitPisut KatavetinPaweena SusanthitaphongNattachai SrisawatKearkiat PraditpornsilpaKriang TungsangaSomchai Eiam-Ong
Published in: PloS one (2018)
There were relatively high prevalences of both obesity and MetS in T2DM patients. A higher prevalence of MetS, but lower prevalence of obesity, was observed among diabetic CKD group compared with their non-CKD counterparts. MetS, as a surrogate of insulin resistance, appeared to be more important than obesity in the development of impaired renal function in diabetic population.
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