The estimation of GFR and the adjustment for BSA in overweight and obesity: a dreadful combination of two errors

• Published in: International Journal of Obesity Vol. 44; no. 5; pp. 1129 - 1140
• Main Authors: López-Martínez, Marina, Luis-Lima, Sergio, Morales, Enrique, Navarro-Díaz, Maruja, Negrín-Mena, Natalia, Folgueras, Tomás, Escamilla, Beatriz, Estupiñán, Sara, Delgado-Mallén, Patricia, Marrero-Miranda, Domingo, González-Rinne, Ana, Miquel-Rodríguez, Rosa María, Cobo-Caso, Maria Angeles, Díaz-Martín, Laura, Jiménez-Sosa, Alejandro, González-Rinne, Federico, Torres, Armando, Porrini, Esteban
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.05.2020; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 692/163/2743/393; 692/699/2743/393; 82/16; 82/47; Aged; Body Surface Area; Body weight; Chronic kidney failure; Correlation coefficient; Correlation coefficients; Creatinine; Creatinine - blood; Creatinine - urine; Cross-Sectional Studies; Cystatin C - blood; Development and progression; Epidemiology; Epidermal growth factor receptors; Evaluation; Female; Glomerular filtration rate; Glomerular Filtration Rate - physiology; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention; Humans; Internal Medicine; Kidney diseases; Kidney Function Tests - methods; Kidney Function Tests - standards; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Metabolic Diseases; Middle Aged; Obesity; Obesity - complications; Obesity - physiopathology; Overweight; Overweight - complications; Overweight - physiopathology; Public Health; Renal function; Renal Insufficiency, Chronic - complications; Renal Insufficiency, Chronic - diagnosis; Renal Insufficiency, Chronic - physiopathology; Risk analysis; Risk factors; Spain

Background Obesity is an established risk factor for renal disease and for disease progression. Therefore, an accurate determination of renal function is necessary in this population. Renal function is currently evaluated by estimated glomerular filtration rate (GFR) by formulas, a procedure with a...