Abdominal Obesity, Race and Chronic Kidney Disease in Young Adults: Results from NHANES 1999-2010

Harini Sarathy; Gabriela Henriquez; Matthew K. Abramowitz; Holly Kramer; Sylvia E. Rosas; Tanya Johns; Juhi Kumar; Amy Skversky; Frederick Kaskel; Michal L. Melamed

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0153588

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Abdominal Obesity, Race and Chronic Kidney Disease in Young Adults: Results from NHANES 1999-2010

Harini Sarathy,

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine / Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, United States of America
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Gabriela Henriquez,

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine / Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine / Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, United States of America
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Matthew K. Abramowitz,

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine / Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America
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Holly Kramer,

Affiliation Departments of Public Health Sciences and Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Loyola University Health Sciences Center, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America
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Sylvia E. Rosas,

Affiliation Joslin Diabetes Center and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Tanya Johns,

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine / Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, United States of America
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Juhi Kumar,

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America
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Amy Skversky,

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine / Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, United States of America
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Frederick Kaskel,

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine / Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, United States of America
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Michal L. Melamed

* E-mail: michal.melamed@einstein.yu.edu

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine / Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America
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Abdominal Obesity, Race and Chronic Kidney Disease in Young Adults: Results from NHANES 1999-2010

Harini Sarathy,
Gabriela Henriquez,
Matthew K. Abramowitz,
Holly Kramer,
Sylvia E. Rosas,
Tanya Johns,
Juhi Kumar,
Amy Skversky,
Frederick Kaskel,
Michal L. Melamed

Published: May 25, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0153588

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