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Association between phase angle and albuminuria in Korean adults aged 40 years or older: a cross-sectional study of the 9th Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2022-2023).

Article C Peer reviewed Observational

Key takeaways

This study used Korea's national health survey from 2022 and 2023 to check adults aged 40 and older. It compared phase angle, a body reading taken with a small electrical current that reflects how healthy cells and their membranes are, against protein in the urine (albuminuria), an early sign of kidney and blood vessel damage. Everything was measured at one point in time, so it is a snapshot. It can show a link between poorer cell health and early kidney damage, not proof that one causes the other.

Who did this work

Park DS · Yeo Y · Cho JJ · Cho E · Lee D · Jeong YS

Source

Article · PubMed, Reducing protein and albumin in urine · 2026 Sep 7
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42703098/