Skip to main content

Table 5 Table demonstrating average weights and weight changes across primary glomerular disease categories

From: Obesity is not associated with progression to end stage renal disease in patients with biopsy-proven glomerular diseases

Values

MGN

IgAN

FSGS

Other

All

Number

118

218

117

79

532

Weight (kg)

83.5

83.2

87.4

78.2

83.4

BMI (kg/m2)

28.9

28.3

30.2

27.7

28.8

Weight change (kg)

−1.4

0.2

−1.6

−1.5

−0.8

  1. MGN Membranous Glomerulonephritis, IgAN IgA Nephropathy, FSGS Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis, Other Other Primary Glomerular Diagnosis, BMI Body Mass Index, kg Kilogram
Back to article page

BMC Nephrology

ISSN: 1471-2369

Contact us