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ArticleKidney international reports2017

The Obesity Paradox in Kidney Disease: How to Reconcile it with Obesity Management.

Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, Connie M Rhee, Jason Chou, S Foad Ahmadi, Jongha Park, Joline Lt Chen, Alpesh N Amin

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Article in Kidney international reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 120 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
120citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
9.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

120 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 218 citations in OpenAlex.

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60 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Kamyar Kalantar-ZadehHarold Simmons Center for Kidney Disease Research and Epidemiology, University of California Irvine, School of Medicine, Orange, CA.
Connie M RheeHarold Simmons Center for Kidney Disease Research and Epidemiology, University of California Irvine, School of Medicine, Orange, CA.
Jason ChouHarold Simmons Center for Kidney Disease Research and Epidemiology, University of California Irvine, School of Medicine, Orange, CA.
S Foad AhmadiHarold Simmons Center for Kidney Disease Research and Epidemiology, University of California Irvine, School of Medicine, Orange, CA.
Jongha ParkNephrology Section, VA Long Beach Healthcare System, Long Beach, CA.
Joline Lt ChenNephrology Section, VA Long Beach Healthcare System, Long Beach, CA.
Alpesh N AminDepartment of Medicine, University of California Irvine, School of Medicine, Orange, CA.
University of California, Irvine · USVA Long Beach Healthcare System · USUCLA Health · USUniversity of California, Irvine Medical Center · US

Funding

MALNUTRITION, DIET AND RACIAL DISPARITIES IN CKDK24DK091419 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI KALANTAR-ZADEH, KAMYAR · 2011 to 2020
$1.8M
Hypothyroidism, Cardiovascular Health, and Survival in Kidney DiseaseK23DK102903 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI RHEE, CONNIE MEEYOUNG · 2014 to 2018
$955k
NIDDK NIH HHS K23 DK102903NIDDK NIH HHS K24 DK091419
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Obesity, a risk factor for

Indexed as

biologic plausibilitybody mass indexfat massmuscle massObesity paradoxprotein-energy wastingreverse epidemiology

Identifiers

PMID28439569
PMCPMC5399774
OpenAlexW2583864641

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