Metabolic Obesity Phenotypes and Risk of Chronic Kidney Disease: A Cross-Sectional Study from Communities in the Center Region of Cameroun

Background and Aims: Obesity is a risk factor for chronic kidney disease (CKD). Prior studies have identified two subtypes of obesity: metabolically healthy obesity (MHO) and metabolically unhealthy obesity (MUO), the latter being associated with an increased risk of CKD, while the condition of the former is contradictory and largely uninvestigated in Africa. Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted involving 317 obese participants (meta- bolically healthy subjects and metabolically...