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Association of Obesity-Related Genetic Variants with Renal Biomarkers: A Case-Control Study<b></b>

Key takeaways

A study of 100 patients with kidney disease: genetic variants linked to lower eGFR. This shows a link between genetics and kidney function, but not proof of cause.

Who did this work

Sadaf Ahmed (King Edward Medical University) · Iqra Maqsood (Shaikh Zayed Hospital) · Malaika Jameel Butt (University of Lahore) · Muhammad Noman (University of Health Sciences Lahore) · Muhammad Salman (University of Health Sciences Lahore) · Dua e Zahra (Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Center)

Source

Paper · OpenAlex, CKD works · 2026-08-17
https://doi.org/10.64813/ejmr.2026.130