American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 52, Issue 1 , Pages 29-38 , July 2008

Waist-to-Hip Ratio, Body Mass Index, and Subsequent Kidney Disease and Death

  • Essam F. Elsayed, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Nephrology Research Center, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA
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  • Mark J. Sarnak, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Nephrology Research Center, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA
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  • Hocine Tighiouart, MS

      Affiliations

    • Biostatistics Research Center, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA
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  • John L. Griffith, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Biostatistics Research Center, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA
    • ,
  • Tobias Kurth, MD, ScD

      Affiliations

    • Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
    • ,
  • Deeb N. Salem, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA.
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  • Andrew S. Levey, MD

      Affiliations

    • Nephrology Research Center, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA
    • ,
  • Daniel E. Weiner, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Nephrology Research Center, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Daniel E. Weiner, MD, MS, Division of Nephrology, Box #391, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111.

Received 31 December 2007 ,Accepted 25 February 2008.

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 Because an author of this manuscript is an editor for AJKD, the peer-review and decision-making processes were handled entirely by an Associate Editor (Katherine Tuttle, MD, Sacred Heart Medical Center) who served as Acting Editor-in-Chief. Details of the journal's procedures for potential editor conflicts are given in the Editorial Policies section of the AJKD website.

 Originally published online as doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.02.363 on May 30, 2008.

PII: S0272-6386(08)00741-5

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.02.363

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 52, Issue 1 , Pages 29-38 , July 2008

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