Preeclampsia and ESRD: The Role of Shared Risk Factors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Several registry-based studies, using diagnostic codes, have suggested that preeclampsia is a risk factor for end-stage renal disease (ESRD). However, because the 2 diseases share risk factors, the true nature of their association remains uncertain. Our goals were to conduct a population-based study to determine the magnitude of the association between preeclampsia and ESRD and evaluate the role of shared risk factors.

Study design

Population-based nested case-control study.

Setting & participants

The US Renal Data System was used to identify women with ESRD from a cohort of 34,581 women who gave birth in 1976 to 2010 in Olmsted County, MN. 44 cases of ESRD were identified and each one was matched to 2 controls based on year of birth (±1 year), age at first

SUBMITTER: Kattah AG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5366077 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature