Low Birth Weight Increases Risk for End-Stage Renal Disease

Case-control studies have shown an association between low birth weight and risk for renal failure. The Medical Birth Registry of Norway, which comprises data on all births in Norway since 1967, and the Norwegian Renal Registry, which comprises data on all patients who have developed ESRD in Norway...

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Published in:Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2008, Vol.19 (1), p.151-157
Main Authors: BJORN EGIL VIKSE, IRGENS, Lorentz M, LEIVESTAD, Torbjørn, HALLAN, Stein, IVERSEN, Bjarne M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Birth Weight
Cardiovascular Diseases - epidemiology
Case-Control Studies
Child
Child, Preschool
Clinical Epidemiology
Diseases of mother, fetus and pregnancy
Gestational Age
Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics
Humans
Infant, Low Birth Weight
Infant, Newborn
Kidney Failure, Chronic - epidemiology
Medical sciences
Nephrology. Urinary tract diseases
Nephropathies. Renovascular diseases. Renal failure
Norway - epidemiology
Pregnancy. Fetus. Placenta
Registries
Renal failure
Risk Factors
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Summary:Case-control studies have shown an association between low birth weight and risk for renal failure. The Medical Birth Registry of Norway, which comprises data on all births in Norway since 1967, and the Norwegian Renal Registry, which comprises data on all patients who have developed ESRD in Norway since 1980, were used to examine whether birth-related variables were associated with risk for ESRD. Of the 2,183,317 children born between 1967 and 2004, 526 were found in the ESRD registry. Compared with birth weight in the 10th to 90th percentiles, births
ISSN:1046-6673
1533-3450
DOI:10.1681/asn.2007020252