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February 3, 2004Annals of Internal Medicine

The Metabolic Syndrome and Chronic Kidney Disease in U.S. Adults

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Why the study?

Is metabolic syndrome an important factor in the cause of chronic kidney disease in U.S. adults?

Population

U.S. Adults

Authors

JCJing ChenDalian Ocean University
Paul Muntner
Paul MuntnerGeneral / Preventive / LipidsLHL. Lee HammPreventive Cardiology

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Implication

Does not support practice change; leaves open causal role of metabolic syndrome in CKD.

Structured PICO

Is metabolic syndrome an important factor in the cause of chronic kidney disease in U.S. adults?

P
Population
U.S. Adults
I
Intervention
Metabolic syndrome (exposure)
O
Outcome
Chronic kidney disease

Metabolic syndrome is identified as a potential causal factor for chronic kidney disease in U.S. adults.

Cite This Study

Chen et al. (2004) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d56dc075589c71d767d032https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-140-3-200402030-00007
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