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AUTHOR
V. Tranchida
PARA-PERIRENAL DISTRIBUTION OF BODY FAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH REDUCED GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE REGARDLESS OF OTHER INDICES OF ADIPOSITY IN HYPERTENSIVE SUBJECTS Selected Abstracts from XXXV National Congress of the Italian Society of Hypertension (SIIA), Rome, 27-29 September 2018
INTRODUCTION: Obesity is a well-known risk factor for the development and progression of chronic kidney disease. Recently, para-perirenal ultrasonographic fat thickness (PUFT) has shown to correlate with both total and visceral fat better than body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and other indices of obesity. Moreover, a local paracrine and mechanical action of the PUFT on kidney has been described in recent studies. AIM: To assess the relationship between glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and PUFT in comparison to other anthropometric and ultrasonographic indices of adiposity. METHODS: Two hundred ninety-six hypertensive patients were enrolled. PUFT, cutis-rectis thickness and re…
INFLUENCE OF HIV INFECTION AND ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY ON AORTIC STIFFNESS: A META-ANALYSIS.
INTRODUCTION: A growing body of evidence indicates that risk of CV events is higher in HIV-infected patients (HIV?) when compared to HIV-uninfected persons (HIV-). This enhanced risk may in part be mediated through preclinical CV damage. Large artery stiffness, a well-documented marker of arterial damage and predictor of adverse CV prognosis, is usually assessed by measuring aortic pulse wave velocity (PWV). Several studies examined arterial stiffness in HIV? with inconsistent results. In a previous meta-analysis, showing increased arterial stiffness in HIV? than in HIV- subjects, studies assessing aortic and peripheral PWV were pooled together. This may be misleading, because only the form…