{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Roderick PJ"],"funding":["NIHR","Medical Research Council","National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)","Wellcome Trust"],"pagination":["455-65"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC6071385"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["31(3)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Rates of advanced chronic kidney disease and renal replacement therapy are higher in South Asian than in white British populations. Low birth weight is also more frequent in South Asian populations and has been associated with increased risks of kidney disease, perhaps due to a reduced nephron endowment.<h4>Methods</h4>Using ultrasound scans at 34 weeks of gestation, we measured fetal kidney dimensions (transverse and anteroposterior diameters, length and circumference) and derived volume in a random sample of 872 white British and 715 South Asian participants in the Born in Bradford cohort study. Kidney measurements were compared between ethnic groups.<h4>Results</h4>Birth weight for gestational age at 40 weeks was 200 g less in South Asian babies compared with white Br"],"journal":["Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association"],"pubmed_title":["Smaller kidney size at birth in South Asians: findings from the Born in Bradford birth cohort study."],"pmcid":["PMC6071385"],"funding_grant_id":["MC_UU_12011/4","MR/K006665/1","WT101597MA","MC_PC_13042","G0601712","MC_UP_A620_1017","NF-SI-0515-10042","RP-PG-0407-10044","MR/K021656/1"],"pubmed_authors":["Yuen HM","West J","Jeffrey RF","Wright J","Godfrey KM","Roderick PJ"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Smaller kidney size at birth in South Asians: findings from the Born in Bradford birth cohort study.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Rates of advanced chronic kidney disease and renal replacement therapy are higher in South Asian than in white British populations. Low birth weight is also more frequent in South Asian populations and has been associated with increased risks of kidney disease, perhaps due to a reduced nephron endowment.<h4>Methods</h4>Using ultrasound scans at 34 weeks of gestation, we measured fetal kidney dimensions (transverse and anteroposterior diameters, length and circumference) and derived volume in a random sample of 872 white British and 715 South Asian participants in the Born in Bradford cohort study. Kidney measurements were compared between ethnic groups.<h4>Results</h4>Birth weight for gestational age at 40 weeks was 200 g less in South Asian babies compared with white Br","dates":{"release":"2016-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2016 Mar","modification":"2025-04-19T20:57:37.34Z","creation":"2019-03-26T23:49:59Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC6071385","cross_references":{"pubmed":["26209714"],"doi":["10.1093/ndt/gfv274"]}}