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. 2020 Aug 17;15(10):1413–1423. doi: 10.2215/CJN.04080320

Table 2.

Associations of low birth weight, small for gestational age, preterm birth, or maternal preeclampsia with subsequent diagnosis of CKD

Exposure Unadjusted Adjusted Adjusted
Total Cohort Men Women Cohort Born before 1990
N CKD OR (95% CI) N CKD OR (95% CI)a N CKD OR (95% CI)a OR (95% CI)a
Birth weight below tenth percentile, LBW No 3759 1.0 (ref) 2304 1.0 (ref) 1455 1.0 (ref) 1.0 (ref)
Yes 724 1.72 (1.60 to 1.90) 427 1.56 (1.41 to 1.73) 297 1.72 (1.51 to 2.00) 1.58 (1.45 to 1.73)
z-Score below tenth percentile, SGA No 3564 1.0 (ref) 2174 1.0 (ref) 1390 1.0 (ref) 1.0 (ref)
Yes 708 1.79 (1.65 to 1.94) 430 1.52 (1.37 to 1.70) 278 1.51 (1.33 to 1.72) 1.51 (1.40 to 1.63)
Preterm birth No 4196 1.0 (ref) 2541 1.0 (ref) 1655 1.0 (ref) 1.0 (ref)
Yes 299 1.48 (1.33 to 1.66) 198 1.55 (1.34 to 1.80) 101 1.40 (1.14 to 1.71) 1.35 (1.17 to 1.55)
Birth weight
<2.5 kg
No 4235 1.0 (ref) 2587 1.0 (ref) 1648 1.0 (ref) 1.0 (ref)
Yes 260 1.85 (1.62 to 2.10) 152 1.87 (1.58 to 2.20) 108 1.80 (1.49 to 2.2) 1.79 (1.55 to 2.07)
Maternal preeclampsia No 4352 1.0 (ref) 1.0 (ref) 1.0 (ref) 1.0 (ref)
Yes 143 1.11 (0.94 to 1.31) 1.18 (0.94 to 1.50) 1.44 (1.12 to 1.9) 1.26 (1.04 to 1.33)

OR, odds ratio; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval; ref, reference; LBW, low birth weight; SGA, small for gestational age.

a

Adjusted for sex, maternal disease (defined as maternal diabetes mellitus, kidney disease, rheumatic disease, or essential hypertension diagnosed before pregnancy), maternal marital status, and malformations in the newborn.