Prevalence of chronic kidney disease risk factors among low birth weight adolescents

Background By adulthood, low birth weight infants have an increased risk for chronic kidney disease (CKD). The extent to which objective CKD risk factors are present at earlier ages is unclear. Methods We analyzed 5352 participants aged 12–15 years in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Su...

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Veröffentlicht in:Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, West) West), 2016-09, Vol.31 (9), p.1509-1516
Hauptverfasser: Khalsa, Dev Darshan K., Beydoun, Hind A., Carmody, J. Bryan
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Zusammenfassung:Background By adulthood, low birth weight infants have an increased risk for chronic kidney disease (CKD). The extent to which objective CKD risk factors are present at earlier ages is unclear. Methods We analyzed 5352 participants aged 12–15 years in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999–2012. Participants were classified as low birth weight (LBW; < 2500 g), very low birth weight (VLBW; < 1500 g), or normal (2500–4000 g) by parental/proxy recall. Albuminuria (albumin/creatinine 30 –
ISSN:0931-041X
1432-198X
DOI:10.1007/s00467-016-3384-7