Adipose Tissue & Uremia

Inclusion Criteria

• •CKD (Chronic Kidney Disease) and non-CKD patients:
• •At least 18 years of age
• •Able and willing to provide informed consent
• •Male gender
• •Normal fasting glucose (less than 6 mmol/l )
• •No evidence of significant concurrent illness
• •BMI \<30 kg/m2
• •Non acidotic (bicarbonate \>20 mmol/L)
• •Normal coagulation profile
• •CKD patients:
• •eGFR (estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate)\< 25 mL/min/m2 before the beginning of renal suppletion therapy
• •Non-CKD patients:
• •eGFR \>50 mL/min/m2