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Family Medicine
New study suggests link between obesity and kidney disease in black men
A study in Jackson-area African-Americans found a correlation between weight and chronic kidney disease in obese men but not in the same category of women.
“I kind of had a hunch about that,” said Dr. Marino Bruce, assistant professor of medicine and the study’s principal investigator. “So we designed a study that would pick up those differences if they existed.
“In a nutshell, the findings say we need to pay more attention to weight status in African-American men.” […]