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Preterm birth and its impact on renal health

Luyckx, Valerie A.·2017·Seminars in Nephrology

Abstract

Preterm birth occurs in approximately 10% of all births worldwide. Preterm infants have reduced nephron numbers at birth in proportion to gestational age, and are at increased risk of neonatal acute kidney injury as well as higher blood pressure, proteinuria, and chronic kidney disease later in life. Rapid catch-up growth in preterm infants, especially if resulting in obesity, is a risk factor for end-stage kidney disease among children with proteinuric renal disease. Preterm birth, however, is a risk factor not only for the infant because mothers who deliver preterm have an increased risk of having subsequent preterm deliveries as well as hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and renal disease later in life. Preterm birth in a female infant is also a risk factor for her future risk of having a preterm delivery, gestational hypertension, and gestational diabetes, which in turn may impact the development of fetal kidneys and the offspring's risk of hypertension and renal disease. This intergenerational programming cycle, therefore, perpetuates the risks and consequences of prematurity. Interruption of this cycle may be possible through optimization of maternal nutrition and health as well as careful antenatal care, which may in turn reduce the global burden of hypertension and renal disease in subsequent generations.

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Authors
Luyckx, V. A.
Venue
Seminars in Nephrology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2017-07
Volume
37
Issue
4
Pages
311-319
ISSN
0270-9295 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2735944743
Cited by
85
References
77
Citations by year
2026: 9 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 16 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 12
FWCI
1.48
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Seminars in Nephrology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Birth, Development, and Health
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Obstetrics and Gynecology › Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Infant Development and Preterm Care
Keywords
preterm birth, kidney health, nephron number, neonatal acute kidney injury, chronic kidney disease, proteinuria, hypertension, catch-up growth, childhood obesity, end-stage renal disease, intergenerational programs, maternal hypertension, gestational diabetes mellitus, maternal nutrition, prenatal care, fetal kidney development
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Blood Pressure, Calcinosis, Child, Child, Preschool, Gestational Age, Glomerular Filtration Rate, Humans, Hypertension, Kidney Diseases, Nephrons, Risk Factors, Premature Birth, Young Adult, Acute Kidney Injury

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