Primal Health Databank: Study
| Entry No: | 0254 |
| Title: | Low birth weight and renal disease in Australian Aborigines |
| Author(s): | Hoy W.E, Rees M, et al. |
| Reference: | Lancet 1998; 352: 1826-7 (letter) |
| Place of Study: | Northern Territory (Australia) |
| Abstract: | The authors investigated whether low birth weight predisposes to renal disease in one community in which renal failure incidence has reached 2700 per milion and is doubling every 4 years. Among adults a high urinary albumine creatine ratio was associated with low birth weight. |
| Keyword(s): | birth weight, renal disease |
| Discussion: | One of the many studies establishing correlations between low birth weight and adult diseases. |
| See Also: | No related entries mentioned for this entry |
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