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Meta-Analysis
. 2023 Jan;53(1):e13878.
doi: 10.1111/eci.13878. Epub 2022 Sep 25.

The risk for chronic kidney disease in metabolically healthy obese patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Mehmet Kanbay  1 , Sidar Copur  2 , Dimitrie Siriopol  3   4 , Abdullah B Yildiz  2 , Metehan Berkkan  2 , Kathherine R Tuttle  5   6 , Carmine Zoccali  7   8
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Meta-Analysis

The risk for chronic kidney disease in metabolically healthy obese patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Mehmet Kanbay et al. Eur J Clin Invest. 2023 Jan.

Abstract

Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with obesity and metabolic syndrome. Nevertheless, the association of CKD with phenotype referred as metabolically healthy obese or overweight is unclear. In this this systematic review and meta-analysis, we investigate the relationships between obesity and CKD independent of metabolic syndrome by appraising published evidence in studies focusing on metabolically healthy obese people.

Materials and methods: We performed a literature search through three databases Embase (Elsevier), the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (Wiley) and PubMed/Medline Web of Science up to March 2022 with the following terms: "chronic kidney disease", "kidney function", "obesity", "metabolic syndrome", "metabolically healthy obesity", "metabolically healthy overweight". Metabolically unhealthy was defined an individual having at least 3 of the following: abdominal obesity, high blood pressure, hypertriglyceridemia, low HDL cholesterol and hyperglycaemia. We used Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) for reporting. Prospective, retrospective, randomized and nonrandomized studies fitting the search criteria were included in our results.

Results: Our final analysis included 16 studies with a total number of 4.965.285 participants. There is considerable heterogeneity in terms of study design, participant characteristics and number of participants across individual studies. In comparison to healthy normal weight patients, the risk was progressively higher in overweight (RR 1.29, 95% CI 1.27 to 1.32, p < 0.001) and obese patients (RR 1.47, 95% CI 1.31 to 1.65, p < 0.001).

Conclusion: Metabolically healthy overweight and obese individuals have higher risk of CKD compared to individuals without weight excess.

Keywords: chronic kidney disease; metabolic syndrome; metabolically healthy obesity; obesity; renal outcome.

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