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Socioeconomic Status and Reduced Kidney Function in the Whitehall II Study: Role of Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome  Talal M. Al-Qaoud, MD, MSc, Dorothea.

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1 Socioeconomic Status and Reduced Kidney Function in the Whitehall II Study: Role of Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome  Talal M. Al-Qaoud, MD, MSc, Dorothea Nitsch, MD, MSc, Jonathan Wells, PhD, Daniel R. Witte, PhD, Eric J. Brunner, PhD, FFPH  American Journal of Kidney Diseases  Volume 58, Issue 3, Pages (September 2011) DOI: /j.ajkd Copyright © 2011 National Kidney Foundation, Inc. Terms and Conditions

2 Figure 1 Percentage of participants with decreased glomerular filtration rate (GFR) by occupational grade and sex. P value for trend calculated using a regression model adjusted for age. Decreased GFR defined as GFR estimate <60 mL/min/1.73 m2 using the isotope-dilution mass spectrometry–traceable CKD-EPI (Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration) equation. Total percentage of cases was 7.8% in men and 11.0% in women. American Journal of Kidney Diseases  , DOI: ( /j.ajkd ) Copyright © 2011 National Kidney Foundation, Inc. Terms and Conditions


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