A study published in JAMA Pediatrics has found that a high body mass index (BMI) in late adolescence is associated with early chronic kidney disease (CKD) in young adulthood.
Researchers analyzed data from over 629,000 adolescents aged 16 to 20 who were medically evaluated for mandatory military service.
During a mean follow-up of 13.4 years, 0.3 percent of the participants developed early CKD. The study found that high-normal BMI, overweight, mild obesity, and severe obesity were associated with increased hazard ratios for CKD in both males and females.
Even when the analysis was limited to seemingly healthy adolescents, those surveyed up to 30 years of age, or those free of diabetes and hypertension at the end of follow-up, the results remained similar.
The study highlights the importance of addressing high BMI in adolescence to prevent the increasing burden of CKD and subsequent cardiovascular disease in young adulthood, especially as obesity rates among adolescents continue to rise.
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The research findings can be found in JAMA Pediatrics.
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