Genetic and Environmental Influences on the Correlations between Traits of Metabolic Syndrome and Chronic Kidney Disease.

CONCLUSIONS: Both genes and environment contribute to the correlation between metabolic syndrome and eGFR-defined CKD. The genetic contribution is particularly important to the correlation between abdominal obesity and eGFR. PMID: 31506278 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN - September 9, 2019 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Chen X, Bhuiyan I, Kuja-Halkola R, Magnusson PKE, Svensson P Tags: Clin J Am Soc Nephrol Source Type: research