Overweight men 45% more likely to have chronic kidney disease

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Being overweight increases the risk of chronic kidney disease by 45 percent in men according to a new study from researchers as Harvard Medical School and Tufts University School of Medicine. BMI of 26.6 or more versus 22.7 or less, increases risk 27%

Men with a body mass index of 26.6 or greater were 45 percent more likely to have chronic kidney disease after fourteen years compared to lean men with a BMI of 22.7 or less.

Gaining 10% increases risk 27%

Men who gained ten percent or more were 27 percent more likely to have chronic kidney disease than men who’s weight stayed within five percent.

Conclusion

“In this large [group] of initially healthy men, BMI was associated significantly with increased risk for [chronic kidney disease] after 14 years,” the researchers concluded.

REFERENCE

Gelber R, Kurth T, Kausz A, Manson J, Buring J, Levey A, Gaziano JM. Association between body mass index and ckd in apparently healthy men. Am J Kidney Dis. 2005 Nov, 46(5):871-80.

AUTHOR’S CONTACT INFORMATION

Divisions of Aging and Preventive Medicine
Department of Medicine
Brigham and Women’s Hospital and
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention
Harvard Medical School

Department of Epidemiology
Harvard School of Public Health

Division of Nephrology
Department of Medicine
Tufts-New England Medical Center
Tufts University School of Medicine

Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center
Boston VA Healthcare System
Boston, MA.

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