Annals Internal Medicine, Author Interviews, Kidney Disease, Weight Research / 09.02.2016
Metabolically Healthy Obese Still At Increased Risk of Chronic Kidney Disease
MedicalResearch.com Interview with:
Yoosoo Chang MD PhD
Kangbuk Samsung Hospital
Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine
Seoul, Korea
Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings?
Response: There is substantial controversy and a lot of interest on the health implications of metabolically healthy obesity, that is, subjects who are obese but do not have metabolic abnormalities in spite of their high body mass index. The risk for chronic kidney disease (CKD) among obese patients without metabolic abnormalities is unknown.
In this cohort study of South Korean men and women, metabolically healthy overweight and obese participants had increased incidence of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) compared with normal-weight participants.
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