Association of Abdominal Adiposity with Cardiovascular Mortality in Incident Hemodialysis

Conclusions: WHR is significantly associated with CVD mortality including SCD, independently of other CVD risk factors in incident hemodialysis. This simple, easily obtained bedside metric may be useful in dialysis patients for CVD risk stratification.Am J Nephrol 2018;48:406 –414
Source: American Journal of Nephrology - Category: Neurology Source Type: research