Zinab, Beakal; Ali, Rahma; Megersa, Bikila S; Belachew, Tefera; Kedir, Elias; Girma, Tsinuel; Abdisa, Alemseged; Berhane, Melkamu; Admasu, Bitiya; Friis, Henrik; +8 more... Abera, Mubarek; Olsen, Mette F; Andersen, Gregers S; Wells, Jonathan CK; Filteau, Suzanne; Wibaek, Rasmus; Nitsch, Dorothea; Yilma, Daniel; (2023) Association of linear growth velocities between 0 and 6 years with kidney function and size at 10 years: A birth cohort study in Ethiopia. The American journal of clinical nutrition, 118 (6). pp. 1145-1152. ISSN 0002-9165 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajcnut.2023.09.014
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BACKGROUND: Risk of noncommunicable diseases accrues from fetal life, with early childhood growth having an important role in adult disease risk. There is a need to understand how early-life growth relates to kidney function and size. OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to assess the association of linear growth velocities among children between 0 and 6 y with kidney function and size among children aged 10 y. METHODS: The Ethiopian Anthropometric and Body Composition birth cohort recruited infants born at term to mothers living in Jimma with a birth weight of ≥1500 g and without congenital malformations. Participants were followed up with 13 measurements between birth and 6 y of age. The latest follow-up was at ages 7-12 y with measurement of serum cystatin C as a marker of kidney function and ultrasound assessment of kidney dimensions. Kidney volume was computed using an ellipsoid formula. Linear-spline multilevel modeling was used to compute linear growth velocities between 0 and 6 y. Multiple linear regression modeling was used to examine the associations of linear growth velocities in selected age periods with cystatin C and kidney size. RESULTS: Data were captured from 355 children, at a mean age of 10 (range 7-12) y. The linear growth velocity was high between 0 and 3 mo and then decreased with age. There was no evidence of an association of growth velocity ≤24 mo with cystatin C at 10 y. Between 24 and 48 and 48 and 76 mo, serum cystatin C was higher by 2.3% [95% confidence interval (CI): 0.6, 4.2] and 2.1% (95% CI: 0.3, 4.0) for 1 SD higher linear growth velocity, respectively. We found a positive association between linear growth velocities at all intervals between 0 and 6 y and kidney volume. CONCLUSIONS: Greater linear growth between 0 and 6 y of development was positively associated with kidney size, and greater growth velocity after 2 y was associated with higher serum cystatin C concentrations.
Item Type | Article |
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Faculty and Department |
Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health > Dept of Population Health (2012- ) Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health > Dept of Non-Communicable Disease Epidemiology |
Research Centre | Centre for Maternal, Reproductive and Child Health (MARCH) |
PubMed ID | 37758061 |
Elements ID | 210474 |
Official URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajcnut.2023.09.014 |
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