Bénédicte Stengel, Michelle E Tarver-Carr, Neil R Powe, Mark S Eberhardt, Frederick L Brancati
BACKGROUND: Some lifestyle behaviors and obesity are risk factors for vascular disease, but their relation to kidney disease is uncertain. METHODS: To determine whether physical inactivity, smoking, alcohol drinking and obesity are associated with the risk of chronic kidney disease, we examined data from a nonconcurrent cohort study of 9,082 U.S. adults, aged 30-74 years, who participated in the second National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES II) from 1976 through 1980...
July 2003: Epidemiology