...Csaba P. Kovesdy; Susan L. Furth; Carmine Zoccali; on behalf of the World Kidney Day Steering Committee Obesity has become a worldwide epidemic, and its prevalence has been projected to grow by 40% in the next decade. This increasing prevalence has implications for the risk of diabetes...

...Eberhard Ritz The clustering of cardiovascular risk factors was noted already a century ago, but it is only recently that a link between the CV risk cluster and insulin resistance has been postulated – a proposal which is not unanimously accepted. There is no doubt, however, that obesity per se...

... Composition in Dialysis Patients Peter Kotankoa, b Stephan Thijssena Nathan W. Levina aRenal Research Institute, New York, N.Y., USA; bKrankenhaus der Barmherzigen Brueder, Department of Internal Medicine, Graz, Austria Key Words Hemodialysis Body composition Anemia Erythropoietin Obesity Reverse...

... inhibitor secreted by adipocytes, is associated with obesity and insulin resistance in mice. Adiponectin, also secreted by adipocytes, is known to reduce insulin resistance in humans. The aim of the present study was to address the hypothesis that changes in resistin or adiponectin serum levels may relate...